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  • August 2008

    • Casey Anthony Busted Again

      Orlando Sentinel  |  Aug 30, 08 6:49 AM CDT

      Casey Anthony Busted Again

      (Newser) - Casey Anthony, bailed out of jail last week on charges connected with the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter Caylee, was rearrested last night on check fraud and theft charges. A crowd outside her parents' Florida home cheered and jeered, calling her a murderer and baby killer, as officers led her away, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Investigators say Anthony fraudently used checks that belonged to a friend last month and this arrest is not connected to her daughter's disappearance. More »

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      arrest  • theft  • missing child  • Casey Anthony  • Caylee Anthony  • check fraud

  • May 2008

    • Ex-Olympian Gets 46 Months for Check Fraud

      Washington Post  |  May 17, 08 6:13 AM CDT

      Ex-Olympian Gets 46 Months for Check Fraud

      (Newser) - Disgraced Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 46 months yesterday for his part in a check-fraud scam, the Washington Post reports. Montgomery, who still faces heroin-dealing charges, once held the 100m world record but was stripped of it for doping. He has a son with Marion Jones, who is in prison for lying about doping and about her part in the scam. More »

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      athlete  • track and field  • Marion Jones  • doping  • check fraud  • Tim Montgomery

    • Man Tries to Cash $360B Check

      Fort Worth Star-Telegram  |  May 1, 08 2:39 PM CDT

      Man Tries to Cash $360B Check

      (Newser) - A 21-year-old Texas man has been busted for attempting to deposit a $360 billion check, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports, stolen from his girlfriend's mother for, he claimed, the purpose of starting his own record label. Suspicious of the sum, the bank called the check’s owner. Arriving police found pot and an unlicensed weapon on the man, rounding out the fraud charge. Bail, fortunately, was more modest: $3,750. More »

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      crime  • Texas  • fraud  • bank  • music label  • bank fraud  • check fraud  • check

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