A Lexington man has been accused of depositing almost $150,000 worth of forged checks from his former employer into his personal bank account.
Miles Mason, 45, is charged with 62 counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and one count of theft by deception of $10,000 or more. Court documents say police first learned of the alleged theft May 5, when Wayne Michael Properties reported that Mason, a terminated employee, had been stealing money from the company by depositing forged checks into his bank account.
Police investigated the allegations and determined that Mason had deposited 62 forged checks from multiple accounts associated with the business into two personal bank accounts between October 2024 and May 2026. The checks were worth $147,878.68, according to court documents…