An audacious attempt to defraud a Florida bank of $1 million was stopped last week when authorities arrested a 38-year-old Miami man with a history of similar scams.
On Tuesday, Marc Anthony Taylor Jr. walked into a local bank and tried to deposit a fraudulent check for $1 million. The check, drawn on a JPMorgan Chase account, was made payable to “Cooper Legacy Builders LLC,” a company Taylor had recently created. According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, his plan was to withdraw funds before the bank identified the check as fake.
The scheme collapsed when an alert bank teller noticed irregularities and contacted law enforcement. Deputies from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office quickly arrived, halted the transaction, and arrested Taylor on the spot.
Taylor now faces several felony charges, including uttering a false instrument, possessing a fake driver’s license, carrying an altered ID card, and attempting to fraudulently obtain property worth $50,000 or more.
Investigators believe this was not Taylor’s first major fraud attempt. They say he has a documented history of fraudulent transactions and remains a suspect in similar scams carried out across Florida.
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