Florida law enforcement arrested a Miami man earlier this month who allegedly attempted to deposit a $1 million fraudulent check he claimed was from the financial giant JPMorgan Chase.
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office says Marc Anthony Taylor Jr., 38, walked into a local bank and tried to deposit a fraudulent check written under the name Gregg Slyvan Cooper.
Taylor’s check was from JPMorgan Chase and made payable to Cooper Legacy Builders LLC, an Orlando company he had formed.
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office says Taylor’s goal was to draw off the check before the bank realized it was fraudulent.
“This arrest was a million-dollar catch – and while Taylor may have been aiming for a big payday, he’s now wearing the title of ‘Million Dollar Man: Fraud Edition’ at the Martin County Jail.”
A bank teller suspected the check could be fraudulent and alerted law enforcement. Taylor was charged with uttering a false instrument, possession of a fake driver’s license, possession of an altered ID card and attempting to fraudulently obtain property of $50,000 or more, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.
Criminal investigators claim the Miami man has been operating similar scams across the state of Florida and has attempted other fraudulent transactions.
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