Over 20 charged in fake payroll check cashing scheme
February 3, 2010
Total Loss:
$2 million
Nearly two dozen people have been charged for their parts in a forgery scheme that attempted to collect nearly $2 million by cashing fake payroll checks throughout the northwest suburbs since last summer. Several investigations began last summer and fall ad were still ongoing through January of 2010, according to a release from the agencies that investigated. Once several of the businesses started putting together names of the alleged offenders, police agencies got together and learned of the multi-county operation and joined forces to investigate.
Source:
Chicago Sun Times
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Check Fraud