A daring attempt to defraud a Florida bank of $1 million was thwarted last week, prompting the arrest of a 38-year-old Miami man with a history of similar scams.
On Tuesday, Marc Anthony Taylor Jr. attended a local bank and attempted to deposit a $1 million fraudulent check.
According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, the check was drawn on a JPMorgan Chase account and made payable to “Cooper Legacy Builders LLC,” a firm Taylor had recently formed. According to deputies, Taylor intended to take monies from the check before the bank could identify it as fake.
His plan failed thanks to a sharp-eyed bank teller who became suspicious and notified authorities. Deputies from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office arrived on the scene and promptly stopped the transaction, putting Taylor into custody.
Taylor is now facing several criminal accusations, including uttering a false instrument, possessing a phony driver’s license, possessing an altered ID card, and attempting to fraudulently obtain property worth $50,000 or more.
Investigators suspect this was not Taylor’s first attempt at large-scale fraud. Investigators said that Taylor has a history of fraudulent transactions and faces accusations of carrying out similar frauds throughout Florida.
