Three Charged with Passing Counterfeit Checks at Target
The trio faces federal charges after they purchased over $12,000 of merchandise with fake checks from retail stores in Burnsville and 10 others cities in Minnesota.
Three people have been collectively charged with over 30 counts of banks fraud after an investigation by the U.S. Secret Service and Minneapolis Police Department uncovered a series of transactions using counterfeit checks. Last week, Ci'Preaunni Ja'Von Stewart, 21, and Ryan Lamarr Chambers, unknown age, were indicted with 19 counts of bank fraud. A second indictment charges Jamee Leah Spillman, 38, with 15 counts of bank fraud. The charges were filed last Thursday in federal court. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Chambers, Stewart and Spillman devised the scheme over a period of months, from July through October 2011. The three passed the counterfeits at retail stores, primarily Target, claiming that the fakes were traveler's…
