ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Federal authorities say a trio of check counterfeiters threatened people with violence so they would cash at least 90 fake checks totaling more than $100,000 at Washington-area credit unions.
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Reginald Hazelwood was charged with abusing his mother's ability to open an account at the Navy FCU so he and his wife and one other accomplice could cash fake checks there and at other credit unions,
Hazelwood and his son were convicted in 2007 on check counterfeiting charges.
According to an FBI affidavit, Hazelwood and his wife, Casandra Davis, traveled to a umber of area credit unions last June, July and August to deposit counterfeit checks they drew on the mother’s account, then withdrew a portion of the checks in cash.
