MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO-AM) - Two Fargo men are among 28 people charged in a scheme to steal more than $2 million by creating fake checks and cashing them at dozens of banks.
Federal prosecutors say bank employees in the Twin Cities used their access to give check manufacturers account numbers, which were used to make phony checks. One person charged was a door-to-door meat salesman who took legitimate checks from customers to make fake checks.
Twenty-nine-year-old Prince Sumoso and 27-year-old Fulton Badio of Fargo are facing bank fraud and conspiracy charges.
Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andy Luger says the scheme involved 48 banks and check-cashing offices in Minnesota, North Dakota and several other states.