Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Tacony Man Held in Fake-Lawyer Fraud Case

A Tacony man has been arrested in a complex scheme that netted him close to a half-million dollars after he posed as a lawyer and set up fraudulent businesses to steal goods and services in check-kiting schemes, the District Attorney's Office said today.

Mac Kenneth K. Ortiz Sr., 36, of the 4800 block of Levick Street and the 4100 bock of Markland Street, bilked an estimated 38 victims, the office said.

He was accused of charges ranging from deception, attempted theft by deception, receiving stolen property, criminal use of a communications facility, insurance fraud, forgery, issuing bad checks, tampering with records, false swearing, unauthorized practice of law, and identity theft.


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