Forgery suspect sought

Staff report

Friday, November 14, 2008

Charleston County deputies need help identifying a man accused of cashing more than $11,000 in stolen checks at local hardware stores.

The checks were cashed at Home Depot and Lowe's stores in the Charleston area, said sheriff's Maj. John Clark.

He said the man purchased lumber, doors, carpet, yard equipment and other assorted construction materials for a total of $11,598.57.

To provide information about the case, call the Charleston County Sheriff's Office at 202-1700 or Crime Stoppers at 554-1111.

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Posted by keepinitreal on November 14, 2008 at 9:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Thanks, PnC, I'll be on the lookout for a MAN.

Posted by ColdBud on November 14, 2008 at 9:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

LOL... the funny thing is that OUTSTANDING photos from video at Lowes and Home Depot are available. They were on the news last night. Why not show his face?

BTW, he's a white man, looked to be around 50 to 55 years old, balding on top, beer belly. Much like any other description on here, that won't help much.

One of the readily available pictures sure would have.

Posted by captivated on November 14, 2008 at 9:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

When I shop at Lowes or Home Depot and use my card or write a check, I have to show every kind of ID but my social security card. How could this guy use stolen checks this many times without someone asking for a valid ID. His ID could not match the information on the stolen checks.

Posted by Girleygirl on November 14, 2008 at 10:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Lowe's don't verify if the check is valid and the funds are in the acount for purchases of $500 or more?

Posted by ColdBud on November 14, 2008 at 11:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

captivated, I had a young woman walk in to my business and purchase an item that cost over $8,000.00. She wrote a check. She presented a military ID card that showed her face, name and SSN. The name matched the name on the check. It turned out that the checkbook had been stolen from a woman in Atlanta and the Military ID card was a fake, using the SSN of a dead man from up north. My employee did not catch that the Military ID was a fake. I did not see the card, so I can't vouch for how good of a fake it was. The police detective informed us later that the same woman had duped several low country businesses using the same ID and stolen check book. The ID cards can be faked pretty easily.

Posted by captivated on November 14, 2008 at 1:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

With the economy in the crapper, I guess we will be seeing more of this kind of scam. The ID forgers will be doing big business and, though I hate to sound big brotherish, this will hasten the advent of eye scans and fingerprint matching as the only sure forms of identification verification.