Sentence examples for counterfeit check from inspiring English sources

You can buy software and make a counterfeit check".

Although automobile sellers seem to have been the initial targets of the counterfeit check variation, there have been reports of attempts to defraud people who are selling boats, furniture, horses, dogs and cats.

Using a counterfeit or stolen credit card or credit card number, a fraudster either makes an advance payment on the card or overpays an existing balance using a counterfeit check.

The top categories of fraud included imposter scams, telephone and mobile services, sweepstakes and lotteries, shop-at-home and catalog sales and counterfeit check scams, among others.

Ms. Pirro said investigators later discovered more than 100 counterfeit checks and fake identification cards.

It turned out that Mr. Abdallah had four prior arrests and had served time for passing counterfeit checks.

Some ring members made counterfeit checks; others opened fake bank accounts; still others recruited new participants in the scheme or brokered the stolen information, said the person.

In May, 2005, Worley went on trial in U.S. District Court in Boston on charges of bank fraud, money laundering, and possession of counterfeit checks.

Mr. Laster also said Secret Service agents in Las Vegas told him that several people had been arrested for trying to pass similar counterfeit checks there.

A week later, in Charleston, W.Va., Manuel G. Roberts was arrested and accused of possessing of 64 counterfeit checks written for more than $670,000 and 8 counterfeit postal money orders totaling almost $8,000.

The American government says that criminals working out of Nigeria used the service to order goods with stolen credit cards and counterfeit checks, defrauding a host of American companies.