Man accused of stealing over $20k from First Horizon Bank
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is facing forgery charges after Memphis Police say he used a bad check to steal over $20,000 from First Horizon Bank earlier this year.
On March 22, a Corporate Security Investigator for First Horizon Bank told officers that on February 9, a fraudulent check for $137,638.50 was deposited into a First Horizon Bank account that belonged to Robert Freeman.
On February 12, Freeman, 68, allegedly withdrew $37,638.50, which was dispersed in $20,000 cash, $3,763 to his investment account and $13,874.65 into a new account in his name.
On February 14, a stop payment was placed on the check. The company that owned the check told officers that there was a series of checks missing and Freeman was never a payee.
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On April 3, investigators received the following documents: a copy of the fraudulent check made payable to Freeman, Freeman’s account transaction history showing the deposit and the transfer of money and photos of Freeman depositing and transferring said funds.
First Horizon suffered a loss of $22,206.81.
Freeman was arrested on August 2 and has been charged with forgery $60,000-$250,000 and theft of merchandise $60,000-$250,000.
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