This is an official Check Alert provided to you by the Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce. Please contact those on your phone tree.

Current Check Alert:  Tony Childress is writing checks from an account with insufficient funds. Well’s Fargo checks with city showing as Seattle; however, Driver’s License shows city as Yakima. Account # last four digits: 0621. Reported by Campbell’s Resort 7/13/06 Case #number 06C8147.

Check Alerts are a Membership Benefit to keep businesses alerted on (or of) current counterfeit money, checks being written on a closed account, forged or counterfeit checks, and stolen checks. The first step to process a check alert, is to immediately report the crime to the police and obtain a case number. Next, the victimized business contacts the Chamber with the case number and a brief description of the crime. Names, last four digits of the check account, and the bank is also needed in the report to the Chamber with alerts involving checks. The Chamber then can officially activate the Check Alert. This is done by e-mail AND by the phone tree. Please contact Cindy Davis, Chamber Business Manager for more information.

Past Check Alerts:

Sent: Tuesday 6/6/2006 3:40 AM

Eric Nelson, President of Bank of America reported a bad check written by Nicole Gloyn of Wenatchee. Check account number 1250000 24 378252824 101 account on Bank of America out of Wenatchee.  The check was dated 6/3/2006 check number 101.

Sent: Thursday 5/4/2006 11:59 AM

 Hello All,

 I just received word from a local business that 2 Hispanic males in the their 20's tried to pass fake $100.00 bills.  The bills are made of real currency ($5.00 bill) and printed over to look like a $100.00 bill. You detector pens will not confirm the bill is fake because the paper is real currency.  After the reporting party looked at the bill, they noticed the bill was off color (washed) and when held to the light the picture of President Lincoln was visible in the water mark.  On the $100.00 bill the correct picture would be Ben Franklin (It's all about the Benjamins!) 

 Beware when taking $100.00 for purchased items and/or money orders.   That is all!

JUAN LOERA

DETECTIVE

MOSES LAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT

PO BOX 1579/ 401 S BALSAM

MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON 98837

Sent: Mon 3/6/2006 10:35 AM

A check alert has been issued.  The second fraudulent checks on a Boeing Employee Credit Union are being passed.  The name on the check is Douglas A. Kovack 5608 NE 200^th Place Kenmore, WA 98028 425-844-2541.  It appears the checks have been printed on a computer and cut. 

Sent: Sat 3/4/2006 12:59 PM

We have been notified by Ray Dobbs of an attempt to pass bad checks.  A check alert has been issued.  Fraudulent checks on a Boeing Employee Credit Union account # 3550019045 are being passed.  The name on the check is Lee Sams with a Coupeville address.  It appears the checks have been printed on a computer and cut.  The Sheriff Department has been contacted.

Sent: Fri 2/24/2006 9:27 AM

Glenda L. White from Manson is writing checks on a closed account from Bank of America.  The last four digits of the account our #0339.