WAXHAW, N.C.—Two crooks who attempted to use fake credit union checks to buy a $600,000 home and cars but were caught, in part, because they misspelled “Union” on the phony CU paper.
Police said a man and a woman presented a $25,000 check for a down payment on a $600,000 home in a Waxhaw neighborhood, but when the builder took the check from State Employees Credit Union to deposit it, it came back as counterfeit, according to a report from WSOCTV.
The couple allegedly had earlier used fake CU checks to buy two new cars from Hendrick Acura in Charlotte, N.C.
WSOCTV reported that when Waxhaw police Lt. Bobby Haulk saw the fake check for the home, he noticed that the word "Union" was spelled wrong, and that led to a deeper investigation.
Authorities then visited the car dealership.
"The checks (for the cars) came back while we were sitting there talking to the dealership, and of course we got copies of those, they looked to be the same, had Union still spelled wrong," Haulk told the news station.
Police have arrested Echo Boyd and Shawn Perry, who have been charged with attempted fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud.