MEDIA RELEASE

For Immediate Release   

May 6, 2014  

Counterfeit Checks Going Around

Sheriff Jimmy Harris states as follows:

                Sheriff Jimmy Harris states that in mid-April it was reported to DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint about forged checks being disbursed to local business. These checks are written on Wachovia Bank checks in the form of a payroll check from various businesses and schools throughout DeKalb, Jackson, and Marshall Counties. The checks are all counterfeit made to different individuals. This is an ongoing investigation and anyone that may have information or have received any of these checks are urged to notify the Sheriff’s Office at 256-845-3801.