Scammers Write $2,700 In Bogus Checks

They wrote fraudulent checks against a Niles man's bank account. An arrest is merely an accusation and not evidence of a conviction.

  A bank notified a Niles man that four fraudulent checks were cashed against his account on Jan. 14, according to police reports. The first check was $892.21 to a named person. The second, third and fourth checks were made out to a second person in the amounts of $840.20, $621.90 and $340.21. The bank stopped all the checks and was not immediately able to tell the victim the locations where the transactions took place, but was researching that. The victim does not recognize the names on the checks. Police are investigating.  Domestic dispute over Internet use In a domestic dispute Jan. 15 in the 9100 block of Milwaukee Avenue, a 25-year-old Niles woman reported her 23-year-old husband was extremely jealous and would not allow her to use …

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