DCSO Investigating Check Fraud
February 6th, 2013 by Submitted
Recently, the Drew County Sheriff’s Office received report of check fraud of a Drew County woman.
The victim brought a copy of a check that was written to a Little Rock business. The check was identified as being a fraudulent check which had the victim’s bank routing number and account number on the bottom of the check.
The top left of the check had a woman’s information from Benton on there along with her hand written drivers license number. During the investigation by the criminal investigator it was discovered that the woman’s name located at the top of the check was also a victim out of Benton. The victim from Benton reported to the Benton Police Department on January 14th that her vehicle had been broken into and property was stolen including her drivers license, credit cards, debit cards and other items.
Both victims from Drew and Saline Counties have had several transactions placed against there accounts estimated to be about $1,500 – $2,000. Transactions against their accounts are still coming in and all accounts have been closed. Video surveillance has been received by the Drew County investigator along with other documentation from the stores in which items had been purchased. The Sheriff’s Office is working along with Benton Police to help solve these crimes. Benton investigators told Lt. Nichols that they have had several of these types of crimes in the past month. The Sheriff’s Office would like to remind people to be careful placing orders online because it is believed that is how these subjects are getting information.
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