28 Charged in $2 Million Bogus Check Scheme
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twenty-eight people have been charged in a scheme to steal more than $2 million by creating fraudulent checks and cashing them at dozens of banks.
The defendants include a former branch supervisor at a TCF Bank in Crystal and a teller at a Central Bank branch. Prosecutors say they used their access to give account numbers and balance information to check manufacturers, who used blank check stock and check-printing software to make fake checks, which other people cashed.
A door-to-door meat salesman was also charged. Prosecutors say he took legitimate checks as payment, and had them used to make fake ones.
Court documents say defendants also got account information through the social media website Instagram.
U.S. Attorney Andy Luger says the charges effectively shut down a pervasive identity theft and bank fraud conspiracy.
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