Flagstaff Fraud Cases in the News
Fraud seems to be making headlines in Flagstaff this week as a quick look at the news showed two local cases, one involving bad checks and another charging a local business owner with fraud, theft, anf forgery.
First, police discovered a bad check scheme back in September when bank employees suspected a man of using fraudulent checks to obtain goods. Fifty one year old Michael A. McClain III is facing charges of forgery, fraud, attempted theft, and computer tampering.
McClain’s alleged activities involve more than $100,000. Police seized checks, laptops, and CD’s when they searched his home. He is currently being held in Coconino County Jail.
In the second case, as reported here at ABC15.com, local business owner Jill Lowell is accused of taking out fake loans in other people’s names. She runs “The Tractor Guy”, a business that had reportedly fallen on tough times.
Lowell is accused of using past customer information to take out loans to help keep the business afloat. She is now facing charges of fraud, theft, aggravated identity theft, forgery, attempted fraud, and giving false information to law enforcement.
In both of these cases the suspects likely didn’t think they would be caught. In both cases, however, they were wrong.
Fraud and other white collar crimes are often committed in times of financial stress and there is plenty of that to go around these days. Regular people with jobs and even business owners like Lowell find themselves calculating the risk of breaking the law.
Unfortunately, these crimes are quite serious and both suspects are facing lengthy prison sentences. Several of the charges against them are felonies that carry up to 5 years behind bars.
If you find yourself facing charges of theft, fraud, bad checks, or any other Arizona criminal charge, our attorneys can help. We can be the advocates you need in court and will do what we can to get the best possible results for you.
Contact our attorneys as soon as possible for a consultation on your case and some legal advice.
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