He soon learns how to create fake checks, cashing them at banks across the country and successfully conning millions of dollars.

Mr. McLiverty said one of the fake checks was sent to a woman in Texas by someone trying to buy a horse from her.

Prosecutors say the gang was involved in passing fake checks totaling more than $2 million.

In 13 years he has filed one claim - for about $5,000 for two fake checks.

Fiedler shipped out $609,000 fake check and money orders when arrested and prepared to send additional $1.1 million counterfeit materials.

And the staff members, like the fake check, moved from serious business to serious fun without skipping a beat.

At the end of the week, they receive a fake check to cash for real money.

So they end up buying fake checks from their employers, often at more than face value, to offer the required proof to the union, workers said.

He was released on parole but returned to state prison again for passing a fake check.

Other cases involved the use of completely fake checks, as in the case of Frank Abagnale.