Two Michigan Men Arrested For Passing Rubber Checks To Rent / Buy Property

In Clayton Township, Michigan, The Flint Journal reports:

• A Lansing man was being held on $900,000 in bonds for allegedly passing bogus checks at a local real estate office. Michael P. Klein, 31, was arraigned Wednesday on three felony counts of uttering and publishing. The judge set a $300,000 cash bond for each count. Township Police Chief Chuck Melki said Klein and a second suspect - a Flint man, 71 - were arrested Monday afternoon after passing three checks totaling more than $6,000 to rent or buy property. Police found more than $1 million in forged checks in their possession, along with a half-dozen credit cards under various names and multiple Social Security numbers, Melki said.

The men were arrested by local cops on Monday afternoon. The Flint man has yet to be charged. The FBI has been notified, and detectives have contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement to determine whether Klein, a native of Germany and who has faced charges in at least two other states, is legally in the United States. For more, see Police arrest man on check charges.