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(Springfield, MO) -- Three people from Texas are charged with forging phony travelers checks and trying to pass them at local businesses.
Springfield Police say the scam came to light last Thursday, when the three tried to pass a forged American Express travel check at Chedder's Restaurant.
Investigators say the three had tried to pass checks at other local businesses as well.
Police confiscated forged checks totaling more than $14,000, along with fake IDs and items used to make forged checks.
Lawanna N. Everage, 18, of Dallas, TX, Evelyn Haley, 30, of Arlington, TX and Ronald Ngure, 35, of Balch Springs, TX were all charged with forgery in Greene County Circuit Court.
http://www.news-leader.com/article/2009 045/-1/RSS
Springfield Police say the scam came to light last Thursday, when the three tried to pass a forged American Express travel check at Chedder's Restaurant.
Investigators say the three had tried to pass checks at other local businesses as well.
Police confiscated forged checks totaling more than $14,000, along with fake IDs and items used to make forged checks.
Lawanna N. Everage, 18, of Dallas, TX, Evelyn Haley, 30, of Arlington, TX and Ronald Ngure, 35, of Balch Springs, TX were all charged with forgery in Greene County Circuit Court.
http://www.news-leader.com/article/2009 045/-1/RSS
