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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Duo indicted in check cashing scheme
XENIA — Two men who used a check cashing scheme to raise money to buy heroin now face racketeering and other charges after defrauding Miami Valley banks and businesses of more than $8,000.
Richard D. Chaney, 44, of Dayton, and Jaffa M. Ali, 27, of Huber Heights, were allegedly involved in a month-and-a-half long conspiracy that impacted 11 different police jurisdictions across the Miami Valley, according to police and grand jury indictments.
The two first used checks from a closed account of Ali’s, which he had reported stolen, to open new accounts and make withdrawals at area banks, using the money to buy heroin from a drug dealer in Springfield, said Det. Keith Salyers, of Bellbrook police.
They later changed their methods and used bad checks to buy hundreds of dollars worth of cigarettes that could be traded for drugs. Finally, Ali and Chaney purchased expensive lawn care equipment, like chainsaws and leaf blowers, they could pawn for drug money, Chaney said.
Chaney and Ali used the bad checks at banks and businesses in Bellbrook, Xenia, Cedarville, Jamestown, Monroe, Centerville, Montgomery County, Butler Twp., Vandalia, Huber Heights and Beavercreek for a total of 37 separate incidents.
Both are charged with racketeering, a second degree felony and multiple counts of misdemeanor and felony theft. Chaney is being held in the Greene County Adult Detention without bond and Ali is free after posting $7,500 bond.
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