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Thursday, March 28, 2024

More than $18,000 in counterfeit checks written on Town of Lady Lake account

More than $18,000 in counterfeit checks were written on the Town of Lady Lake’s bank account.

The following counterfeit checks were:

• A check for $3,600.82 on Oct. 26 to Qamar Lewis of Oveido;

• A check for $3,600.39 on Oct. 26 to Kerstian Shackeford of Orlando;

• A check for $3,807.22 on Oct. 26 to Jonathan Diaz of Port St. Lucie;

• A check for $3,800.88 to Ronald Hinton of Kissimmee;

• A check for $3,841.88 to Qamar Lewis of Oveido.

The discovery was made by the town’s finance director and reported to the Lady Lake Police Department. All amounts of the five counterfeit checks have had debit reversals and the money has been credited back to the Town of Lady Lake’s SunTrust bank account.

The check numbers had already been used and the checks had been distributed to legitimate people and businesses in October, according to the incident report from the police department.

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