Counterfeit Bail

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Irregular News for 06.08.06

 

Santa Cruz, CA -- A Sacramento identity theft suspect who used a counterfeit $9,800 check to bail himself out of jail pleaded guilty to a variety of fraud and grand theft charges.

 

Thomas Lewis Samuel, 54, faces seven to 10 years in state prison for conspiracy to commit identity theft, using counterfeit checks, grand theft and credit card violations, prosecutor Keith Lyon said.

 

Samuel racked up more than $90,000 in fraudulent activity across four counties during a three-month period in 2005, according to the state attorney general's office, which worked on the case with Santa Cruz County prosecutors.

 

Samuel passed about 300 counterfeit checks and committed online banking fraud in Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Sacramento and Placer counties from July to October of last year, investigators said.

 

When he was arrested in October, Samuel tried to bail himself out of jail with a counterfeit $3,200 check, but the bail bondsman realized the check was fake. A second fake check for $9,800 went undetected and Samuel was released.

 

Samuel will be sentenced July 27.

 

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[HSKRNOKC]

Now we no why people DONT TAKE CHECKS!!!!!!

[huskernumerouno]

Who was the retard that let him write a second check.

[BIGREDIOWAN]