Thief Steals Donor Checks, Uses Information To Create Fake Checks
Quick Facts
- Date: 6/29/2007
- Institution: Robeson Community College
- Type of Incident: Theft
- Number Affected: 9 to 24
- Source: Pogo Was Right
- Abstract Source: The Fayetteville Observer
Abstract
Robeson Community College is reporting that at least two dozen donation checks, mostly belonging to employees of the college, were stolen during a recent fundraiser by the Robeson Community College Foundation. According to Robeson officials, the thief took the checks but left the cash donations alone even though the two donations were next to each other. Soon the reason for this became clear. The thief used the checking account number and routing numbers to create fake checks which have been used to drain about $10,000 total from nine different employee checking accounts. The good news for the employees is that the banks are on alert and are not processing these checks. Robeson officials have also contacted all donors to alert them about the theft as a precaution.
