A Shreveport man was arrested for directing a counterfeiting scheme that cost a local business thousands of dollars, and a Bossier City man was arrested for helping.

Caddo deputies arrested 39-year-old Carlos Spann of Shreveport after he gave counterfeit payroll checks along with fictitious driver’s licenses and identification cards to multiple people who then cashed the checks at Thrifty liquor stores throughout Shreveport. The business lost over $7,300 by cashing the fake checks.

Spann, who was already in jail on unrelated forgery charges, was arrested by Caddo Sheriff’s Detective Jeremy Edward on 14 counts of forgery and 14 counts of access device fraud.

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Deputy Edward also arrested one of the suspects who cashed the checks. 31-year-old Onje Johnson Bossier City said he cashed three checks and split the money with Spann.

Johnson was booked into the Caddo Correctional Center on three counts of forgery and three counts of access device fraud.

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