Man accused of altering $10 check to $269,951

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The Florida Gulf Bank sent Clair Arthur Smith a check for $10 after he closed his account.

Smith, 42, of Cape Coral, then altered the check to be payable in the amount of $269,951. He then deposited it into a Bank of America account via an ATM transaction, reports the Fort Myers News-Press.

His scheme didn't work; the bank detected the fraudulent check.

When investigators searched Smith’s home they found the evidence: the deposit receipt and the clothes he used during the transaction.

Smith 'fessed up.

Now, instead of vacationing in Europe, he's in jail charged with fraud and grand theft. He's also facing a charge of failing to register as a convicted felon in Lee County.

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