BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Five suspects were arrested, and five are wanted in connection with a Baton Rouge area scheme involving the cashing of $10,000 using fraudulent checks.
West Baton Rouge Sheriff Jeff Bergeron said an investigation into a scheme involving printing and cashing fraudulent payroll checks started in early July 2025. Detectives found instances of fraudulent checks being cashed in the Baton Rouge area before uncovering an alleged operation.
A search of a Baton Rouge home led to the seizure of electronic devices, blank check paper, voided payroll checks that didn’t belong to anyone in the home, and other evidence involving the printing of fake checks…