Counterfeit checks as part of Internet fraud
Date: November 30, 2007Source: news-gazette.com
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Champaign police Detective Pat Kelly said his department has seen a spike in counterfeit checks being passed.
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Kelly said that as a part of a local banking alert network, "We get a check from some type of scam almost every day."
People who cash counterfeit checks are liable for the money they take and could also face years in prison, authorities say.
Two Urbana women currently face felony charges after cashing counterfeit checks.
Sharnita Patrick, 28, whose last known address was in the 200 block of Easy Street, U, and Dorine Bradley, 49, who listed an address in the 3700 block of North Cunningham Avenue, U, are both due to return to court on Jan. 2 for pretrial hearings on felony charges of forgery.
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