Boston security officer aids in counterfeit arrests www.privateofficer.com

Boston security officer aids in counterfeit arrests http://www.privateofficer.com

Boston MA Dec 23 2008
At about 9:20pm, on Sunday, December 21, 2008, officers from Area E-18 (Hyde Park) responded to 1603 Washington Street (Walgreen’s) for a larceny in progress incident.

On arrival, officers were met by Walgreen’s security officers who pointed to a suspect inside the store who attempted to pass counterfeit bills. According to store security officials, the suspect entered the store, pulled out $280.00 in an effort to purchase a Green Dot card.

Upon receiving the money, store employees inspected the money using a device designed to detect counterfeit money.

While inspecting the money, store employees identified several counterfeit bills. At this point, store employees called police.

When asked about the counterfeit money, the suspect stated that his friend, who was waiting outside the store, gave it to him.

Officers located the suspect’s friend sitting in a car in front of the store. Officers arrested William Tankle, 22, of Boston and Arthur McSweeney, 23, of Boston and charged both with Counterfeiting.

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11 People arrested for check scheme www.privateofficer.com

Birmingham AL. Nov. 29, 2007

Eleven people are accused of participating in a bogus check-cashing scam that targeted six banks and caused more than $400,000 in losses, federal authorities announced Wednesday.
Darryl Cook, 47, of Lawrenceville, Ga., and Melvin Glenn Petty, 52, of Birmingham are among the defendants named in an indictment returned by a grand jury in Birmingham. The two men earlier were identified by federal officials as recruiting homeless people and drug addicts to cash counterfeit checks, paying them with crack cocaine for their work.
Cook and Petty are charged with conspiracy, counterfeiting securities (checks) and bank fraud. Cook also is charged with aggravated identity theft.
Prosecutors said the men’s scheme, running March to August, involved the use of bogus checks that looked as if they were drawn on real bank accounts belonging to businesses. Each of the checks, authorities said, were made payable to their nine co-defendants, who would cash the checks at different bank branches.
Others charged with bank fraud in the scheme are:
Derrick Elton Everett, 36.
Vera Mae Johnson, 36.
Otis Isaiah Boyd, 69.
Harold Madden, 42.
Lester Renfroe Russell Jr., 45.
Robert Lee Jones, 56.
Raymond William Boykin, II, 40.
Willie James Monroe, 77.
Willie Homes Jr., 71.
“Despite how organized, creative and daring the schemes may be, time after time, participants are caught and prosecuted,” said U.S. Attorney Alice Martin.

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Stupid Criminal! There is no million dollar bill! www.privateofficer.com

AIKEN, S.C Nov. 28, 2007– A bank teller had a million reasons to deny this transaction.
Police say a man offered a $1 million bill and tried to open an account. The employee refused and called police while the man started to curse at bank workers, said Aiken County Sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Michael Frank.
Alexander D. Smith, 31, of Augusta, Ga., was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery, said Frank.
The second forgery charge came after investigators learned Smith bought several cartons of cigarettes from a nearby grocery store with a check that had been stolen in a burglary earlier in the day. Other charges could be pending .Smith has a bail hearing scheduled Wednesday, but Deputy Angela Shunn of the Aiken County Detention Center did not know if he had an attorney.

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Funny money at the casino nets arrest www.privateofficer.com

Port Orchard Wa. Nov. 24 2007

What started out as a night of gambling at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino in Port Orchard, Washington, quickly took on a criminal role.
Law enforcement officers responding to the scene found two women in possession of counterfeit currency, methamphetamines and forged documents. Both women have been treated at the local hospital, and one taken into custody.Officers from the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call Thursday, after security staff at the Clearwater Casino observed two women passing counterfeit currency. Casino surveillance had captured the women loading funds onto a gaming card by paying with fake money, and immediately contacted authorities, while keeping track of the women’s movements across the casino gaming floor.
Sheriff’s Deputies arriving on the scene located the two women, who are currently unnamed and identified only as a 51 year-old female and a 30 year-old female accomplice. A search of the 51 year-old female revealed that she was in possession of two counterfeit $20 bills and one phony $10 bill. A K-9 unit was used for more detailed search of the suspect’s van in the casino parking lot, which revealed a quantity of methamphetamines and scales.A search of the 30 year-old female revealed that she had $230 in counterfeit currency hidden in her shoe. The suspect also had a backpack in the van, which was filled with methamphetamines and drug paraphernalia. The backpack also contained a large cache of credit cards, checks, a social security card, W-2 Form and bank account information – all bearing other people’s names.When questioned about the items in her possession, the 30 year-old female stated that she had been smoking methamphetamines with several men earlier in the day. The female claimed that these men gave her the counterfeit money and placed the items in her backpack, but told Deputies that she did not know who they were.
At this point in the investigation, the older female began complaining that her back was giving out and that she could not feel her legs. As a result, she was transported to the local hospital while the younger female was transported to the local jail.
Due to the nature of the incident, the jail could not admit the suspect without medical clearance. Upon hearing this, the woman began convulsing and became unresponsive. An ambulance was called and the female arrived at the hospital just as the older suspect was being released and transported to the jail.The 51 year-old female was booked into jail on charges of possessing methamphetamines and suspicion of forgery. Deputies state that there is sufficient evidence to charge the younger female, when released from the hospital, on charges of suspicion of forgery, identity theft and possession of methamphetamines with intent to deliver.

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