Florida Man Arrested For Buying $140,000 Porsche With A Fake check Printed From Home Computer
A man was living his best life while cruising around Florida in his brand new Porsche until he was arrested and thrown in the slammer for grand theft.
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According to the Daily Mail, Casey William Kelley, 42, from Wewahitchka, used the false $139,203.05 banknote at a Porsche dealership in Destin, Okaloosa County on July 27 and managed to leave with a brand new luxury ride. A picture shows Kelley even stunting in his shades while posing next to his stolen car.
The Porsche was reported to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office after it became apparent that the check written for $139,203.05 wasn’t real. But Kelley kept things going. Just one day after he coped the Porsche, Kelley used another fake check to buy three Rolex watches. He typed out the note for $61,521 and used it at a jeweler in Miramar Beach last Tuesday. Now, he wasn’t able to leave with his items on sight. Instead, the business held onto the expensive timepieces while they waited for the check to cash.
The jeweler learned it was a fake cashier’s check on Wednesday and the bank said it had received a number of fraudulent notes from Kelley. As the Daily Mail reports, the jeweler reported the fake check to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office last Thursday.
Lucky for them, Kelly had already been arrested for the Porsche incident. He was taken into custody last Wednesday afternoon.
While admitting to his crimes, “Casey stated he didn’t know what the big deal was, and that since it was his account number on the check he printed out, it should be fine,’ the arrest report states. He also admitted that he printed them from his home computer and didn’t get the notes from the bank.
Kelley is currently being held on a $10,000 after being booked into the Walton County Jail on a charge of grand theft of a motor vehicle and a charge of fraud — uttering forged bills, checks, drafts, or notes. He’s scheduled to appear in court on September 22.
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