A 43-year-old man from Lake Wales is facing charges for trying to withdraw over $200,000 from a bank in Plantation, court records show.
Jason Teal was arrested Oct. 6 two days after he came into the bank and withdrew two cashier’s checks worth $9,800 each or a total of $19,600 from a business account opened at a bank in Tampa, according to the arrest report.
For ID, Teal used a South Carolina driver’s license with his picture but another man’s name on it, the report said.
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The Plantation bank employee became suspicious and contacted the Tampa bank that confirmed Teal had opened the account and deposited a check from the Pioneer Corporation for nearly $241,335, police said.
The banks put a block on Teal’s debit card so when he returned to the Plantation bank to get a new card, investigators said they arrested him.
They learned Teal had a fake South Carolina driver’s license, a business check card, and various bank documents in the name of an employee of the Pioneer Corporation.
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The employee was contacted and said he had no idea Teal had been using his personal information to steal nearly a quarter million dollars from the company, police said.
During questioning, police said Teal did not know who deposited the $241,335 check into the bank, but that he was instructed to make withdrawals knowing the transactions were fraudulent.
He was released from the Broward County Jail Friday on a $20,000 bond, records show.
