Business owner says fraudulent checks are being forged in SE New Mexico

HOBBS, N.M. (KRQE) –  A New Mexico enterprise proprietor is making an attempt to determine who might be forging checks in his identify. He says it’s occurred a number of occasions, and that different persons are being focused too. “It’s a really subtle group that appears to be doing this,” stated Wade Cavitt, a Hobbs enterprise proprietor.

Just lately Cavitt’s spouse observed a verify for a couple of thousand {dollars} was cashed, below one among Cavitt’s companies, Cavitt Land and Cattle. Cavitt says he didn’t write that verify. “We bought a replica of the verify, it didn’t match the present verify, the quantity sequence was not in our present sequence,” Cavitt defined.

Then just a few days later, two extra checks, price greater than two thousand {dollars} have been cashed below his second enterprise, Lobo Nut and Bolt. The cash has since been changed by his financial institution, however he’s needed to pay tons of to get new checks, cancel his account, reopen a brand new one, and for additional safety measures to forestall this from occurring once more.

“Every morning by 9:30, we now have to go in and have a look at our checking account and approve any verify that was issued within the final 24-hours,” Cavitt stated. He says he’s not alone. “Once we contacted the financial institution, they informed us they’d processed one for $70,000.”

He says he did report the fraudulent checks to Hobbs Police, however he hasn’t been given any updates on the investigation. He desires to know in the event that they’re nonetheless wanting into the case. KRQE Information 13 reached out to Hobbs Police for data on the case, and to get an replace on the investigation, KRQE Information 13 didn’t get a response.