MURFREESBORO – The Pike County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating a number of individuals involved in a recent major fraud in the county.
On Saturday, December 5, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office responded to a grocery store in the county in reference to fraudulent checks being passed. During the course of the investigation, it was found that several Hispanic males allegedly passed 56 fraudulent payroll checks from a local sawmill.
The men first attempted to pass five checks at a bank in a neighboring county, in which the teller flagged the checks as fraudulent. Bank employees identified two of the men from the grocery store video as being the same two men that were at the bank.
The pair from the bank were later seen on store video, cashing their fraudulent check and texting on their phones. Moments later, approximately 25 to 30 more men came into the store and cashed checks that were all later found the be fraudulent.
The Pike County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance in identifying the suspects. Anyone with any information should contact Pike County Investigator Jason McDonalds at 870-285-3301. All callers will remain anonymous. The sawmill is offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the suspects.
