Editing Marion Jones (section)

===Involvement in check fraud===
In July 2006, Jones was linked to a [[check fraud|check-counterfeiting scheme]] that led to criminal charges against her coach and former boyfriend Montgomery.<ref name="BankRecords"/> Documents showed that a $25,000 check made out to Jones was deposited in her bank account as part of the alleged multimillion-dollar scheme. Prosecutors alleged that funds were sent to Jones's track coach, 1976 Olympic gold medalist [[Steve Riddick]], in [[Virginia]], then funneled back to New York through a network of "friends, relatives and associates."<ref name="BankRecords">{{cite news|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/13848653/|title=Bank records link Marion Jones to money scam|date=July 15, 2006|agency=Associated Press|work=NBC Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423110925/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/13848653/|archive-date=April 23, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Riddick was arrested in February on [[money-laundering]] charges. According to the indictment and subsequent documents filed with the court, the link to Jones was made through one of Riddick's business partners, Nathaniel Alexander.

On October 5, 2007, Jones pleaded guilty to making false statements to IRS Special Agent [[Jeff Novitzky]] leading the ongoing BALCO investigation in California. Jones claimed she had never taken performance-enhancing drugs. "That was a lie, your honor", she said from the defense table.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-05 |title=Marion Jones Pleads Guilty To Doping - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marion-jones-pleads-guilty-to-doping/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The federal government, through grand juries, had been investigating steroid abuse since 2003.

Jones also pleaded guilty to making false statements about her knowledge of a check-cashing scheme to New York U.S. [[Department of Homeland Security]] Special Agent Erik Rosenblatt, who has been leading a broad financial investigation that has already convicted Montgomery, sports agent Charles Wells, and her coach, Steve Riddick.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Olympian Jones sentenced to six months |url=https://www.recordonline.com/story/sports/2008/01/12/former-olympian-jones-sentenced-to/52670376007/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Times Herald-Record |language=en-US}}</ref>