Police break up alleged check fraud scam

ZEBULON - Pike County police have broken up an alleged check fraud scam that stretched across metro Atlanta, WSB-TV reported Thursday. <br> <br> Zebulon Police Chief David Lyons said authorities did not know how large the operation was but believed it was widespread and had been operating since the mid-90s. <br> <br> A postal worker was accused of stealing boxes of checks meant for individuals from the U.S. mail and selling them to accused ringleader Patrick Anthony Heard. <br> <br> Heard is accused of getting workers with the Department of Motor Vehicles to make fake licenses for people that he hired to use the checks to purchase large items and return the items for cash. <br> <br> More arrests were expected.

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