A Miami man faces multiple felony charges after detectives
say he cashed fraudulent checks at banks around Collier County.
Collier County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Ricardo
Rodriguez, 47, 850 Biscayne Blvd., Lot K, on multiple felony counts, including
grand theft, uttering a forged instrument and scheming to defraud.
Rodriguez was arrested Thursday at the Collier County jail,
where he had been since his arrest Wednesday on similar charges by Naples Police
Department detectives.
CCSO detectives said the checks were stolen after being
placed in the mail by various businesses located in Collier County. The payees
and dollar amounts on the checks were altered. Rodriguez used several names and
possibly stolen identities to cash the checks, most of which were for $798.36.
Nearly a dozen businesses in Collier County and the City of
Naples were victims, detectives said.
This investigation and arrest is an example of the
successful partnership the Sheriff’s Office has with the Naples Police Department
and local banking industry.
