Check forgers caught

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Chief of Police Bernardo Santana Paez announced the dismantling of a ring that forged checks with the logos of Major League Baseball teams and American Airlines. Vicente Corporan has been named as the ringleader. The group was apprehended at Santo Domingo's Embajador Hotel, were they had planned to meet and divide up the RD$2,772,750, the proceeds of cashing a fake check valued at US$92,425. Two of the group members were arrested as they tried to cash the check at Quero exchange house located on the corner of San Martin Avenue and Maria Montez Street. The check bore the Boston Red Sox logo. The group is also accused of trying to cash a check valued at US$53,000, with the American Airlines logo. The police chief said that when Corporan noticed the police presence he tried to flee the scene.

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