On a quiet afternoon in Glenmont, New York, officers were dispatched to a local credit union after staff reported a suspicious check being presented at the counter. What seemed like a simple verification issue soon escalated into a multi-suspect felony fraud investigation unfolding in real time. >> How's it going? >> Trying to catch check. What you say? >> No. >> I'm waiting for a friend. >> Huh? >> I'm waiting for a friend outside. >> For what friend you wait for? >> They're outside. >> What kind of friend? What kind of car are they driving? >> A red le. >> Okay. Here. So, you're going to be detained for right now. Okay. >> What? What? >> Put your hands behind your back. >> Right now, you're being detained. >> Can I make a call to my girlfriend? >> Not at this time. >> Why not? >> Because you're being detained right now. >> For what? So, your friend left you? >> Really? >> Really? Really? >> In the revenue? >> Yep. They bolted as soon as we got here. >> Mhm. >> So, can I please make a call to my girlfriend? >> Not right now. >> Will I be able to? >> Will you be able to? Yes. >> When? >> Once we can get a good understanding of what check you tried to cash. >> Okay. >> Everything like that. Because I was cashing in my friend's check the one that I left. >> You were cashing their check? >> It was. >> Did your friend ask you to cash that check for you? >> Yeah. >> Okay. What? Hey, >> she was like >> Oh, he said in the red Nissan. >> In the red Nissan. Hello. How you doing? So, were you just at the bank? You're at Chipotle. >> Yeah. >> Okay. You mind stepping out for me? >> For what reason? >> So, I'm not sure what happened at the bank, but apparently there was something with a fraudulent check. So, we're investigating it. So, can you step out for me and we'll figure it out? Do you have ID on you? >> What does that have to do with you? >> What's that? >> What you talking about? >> We'll figure it out. We'll figure it out. Just point. You're detained. Put your hands behind your back. >> Right now, you're detained. So, put your hands behind yourself. >> Put your hands behind your back. We're going to take a look at everything you have going on. I'm going to put it right here for you. Okay. Put it right there. Hop out the car for me. Leave your phone right in there. >> Leave your phone right in there. >> I can't be on my phone. >> Put your phone right up there. Hop out the car for me. >> I'm giving you directions. Hop out the car for me. >> Face this car for me. Hands right in the small of your back. Put your hand right down here. You're being detained. Okay. Other hands are 5935. You're >> not under arrest. You're just being detained right now. >> You got anything sharp on you? >> No, no needles. What's that? >> Is your buddy in the bank there? Your buddy that you drove here. Okay. According to authorities, a young man entered the credit union attempting to cash an $800 check that immediately raised red flags with employees. Staff delayed the transaction and contacted police suspecting the check was forged. Responding officers made contact with the suspect inside the building and quickly learned he wasn't acting alone. Nearby patrol units located two additional suspects in the surrounding area believed to be working together as part of the same scheme. Investigators determined the group was allegedly involved in forged financial instruments and conspiracy to commit fraud. All three individuals were taken into custody for questioning. They was like, >> "Oh, hey, if you cash in this check, we'll give you $100 out of it." I was like, "Okay." And I was like, "How do I do it?" And basically, they told me, I was like, "I'm not going to go to jail or none of that." Right? They were like, "No, you shouldn't. This is nothing criminal. >> Yep. >> They was like, "No, this is nothing criminal activity." You know what I'm saying? So, what is the charge for this? >> They lied to you. >> Really? >> Really? Really? >> That's crazy cuz she told they told me it was nothing criminal activity. That's why I would like to call my girlfriend. >> How long have you known this friend? Cuz they they outright lied to you. >> Really? That's crazy. This is my girlfriend's friend. >> Can I grab your name from your brother? Yeah, that's why I was talking. That's why I was saying like I just wanted to make, you know, a quick $100. I didn't know none of this. >> How do you spell your name, man? >> Hector H. >> Yeah. >> Right. >> Yeah. >> And then your last name. >> R E Y E S. >> So, would I be going to jail for this? I didn't know like this really. You know what I'm saying? Well, like I I got to see what the check was, what the amount is. >> I didn't really know. So, how was that my fault? >> Also, nobody goes to jail anymore. So, that's the other thing. >> What do you mean? No one goes to jail anymore. >> You know, you got bail reform and everything. >> But what if I can't make bail? I still go to prison, right? >> Well, no. There's a bunch of stuff that you can't set bail on. >> Why would I be out? >> Out of what? >> Like, what I like what I'm basically saying is am I going to be in jail >> like tomorrow? I I can't make any promises for sure, but based on all these incidents that I've dealt with before, I'm being completely honest with you, too. >> I I've dealt with a lot of incidents like this because all the check for stuff is on the rise. Few and far between are actually going to jail for it. Normally, it's just a here's your court tape. Make sure you come back >> and you just got to pay court ticket >> or you got to you got to go to court for everything, obviously. >> And then with court, do you get arrested in court or will you be able would I be able to pay a fine? Cuz honestly, I really didn't know this was going. She told me, "Oh, cash this check. We're going to put your name on it." >> Came in here, cash your check. No biggie, you know. >> Said it was nothing criminal activity. You know, you can't get arrested or whatever. So, boom, I just basically came in here and that's it. and she said, "Oh, we're going to go in Chipotle and just come back to the car when the check is cash." Someone like that. I was like, "All right, on my phone and see me right then." >> So, I'll be like, I'll just tell you everything that led to me coming here. Obviously, every single bank in this area, they've been dealing with check fraud as of late. They call us immediately the second that the check was determined fraudulent. So, we came down here, the second we pulled in, your friends were like, "This I'm out." And they bolted. That's weird. >> They literally peeled the car. >> That's why I would like to call my girlfriend to let you know to know why they did that because that's crazy that they lied to me when that's I trusted them. >> That's just so crazy. >> How long is your Is your girlfriend good friends with them? Yeah, she's um her best friend is actually my girlfriend hangs out with her sometimes, but she felt like me and her could trust her because >> me my girlfriend me and my fian well my fiance me and my fiance are staying in the back of her best friend's >> apartment house in the backyard. Yeah, cuz we don't got a place to go right now. >> I got you, man. >> So's letting us stay there and everything >> so we could get an apartment and everything. But it's her best friend's sister that was in the red car, the female. I'm like, that's crazy because I never thought she would do some this like it's just beyond me. I'm not even from out here. So that's I was so confused. >> I know most people out here. Where you from? >> I'm from I'm in Gloversville. I live in Gloversville right now. >> Okay. I was going to say >> so I was wondering I was like why we coming out here? They was like, "Oh, this is the only place you could cash this check cuz this guy is from here." So, you know, I don't really know much about that. >> No, I I got I got you. >> Heard the girl driving Nissan is my girlfriend's best friend's sister. So, I've known Jackie for a long time. Ever since I got my girlfriend and her fiance, right? >> Mhm. >> So, um I've trusted both of them. They've never done nothing wrong. So I was like, "Okay, maybe, you know, I didn't think of one." So she was going to lie to me. >> And then as soon as she gets to lies to me, >> I don't know why. >> I'm like, "This is crazy." Is that amount of money like what's the charge for that? >> Uh, it's under a,000. So >> would that be a felony? >> The the money itself is an attempted pettit lararseny. >> So it's attempted. So I could get like probation for that or whatever >> possibly >> if like let's say I only got one penalty lararseny, right? I could just get probation for that. >> Possibility. Yeah. >> My record is not that bad. >> Yeah. Like I said, I can't answer for the court, but I'm just going off of like the things I've seen. I mean, I've been doing this over five years now. It's just mindb blown because when you walked in I was like that's why I was looking outside cuz then I couldn't see the car. So I was like damn that's crazy. >> Just blow my mind honestly though I could trust them. People you trust the most always have you >> how would I get back to my you know to where I'm staying cuz there's no way I can get back nowhere. >> You got a bus card? anything like that? >> No, I don't have nothing. I was doing this cuz I was I'm dead broke. I have no money or anything. >> We can I'll see what I can do to try and help you out there. >> So, I definitely don't want you to be flat out abandoned somewhere. >> Yeah, cuz I all I need to get back to is Gloversville. >> Yeah. >> And I wouldn't even have I don't even leave wherever I'm like when I hit Gloversville. I haven't left Cleversville. I only left it cuz it was desperate news. Like >> we had no food, nothing. Literally, we're running on the same clothes. Got literally have no money for nothing. >> So I wanted quick $100. Okay. Said you can't get if if I knew what what this was really for, I wouldn't. All right. Nah, I'm good. >> But if that was the case, but that wasn't the option given to me. You know what I'm saying? Mhm. >> The option was it's nothing criminal. It's she the way they explained it was it's like jaywalking. >> So, I'm going to be completely honest with you, man. Like, I truly believe that you're getting screwed here that these people are taking advantage of you. >> We're obviously going to have to go back to my station for >> But am I screwed? >> I'm sorry. >> Am I screwed though? >> Because I really didn't know anything about it. >> Well, that's what I'm saying. I believe you. >> I didn't even think you you can people actually do this for freaking living. >> Like >> they do. It's It happens all the time. >> And then I didn't even know like it's scary. >> So >> I even I really thought it was like you know a check they that they owned yada yada and I was cashing it on and even me just standing there. Imagine knowing like you know it's fake. They knew it was fake. I thought it was real standing there trying like that's So once we get back to my station, I my detectives have been really running hard with these check fraud cases, they're going to want to talk to you, okay? And I'm going to be completely honest with you. Like it could probably help you in the long run. All right. So >> I just don't want to go to jail. >> No, I hear you. Like I said, I I believe that you were being I truly truly believe that you >> that you were being taken advantage of. How come you took off so quick when I pulled up? >> Yeah. To the bank. >> You peeled right out of there. You guys saw me. You started that car, backed right out, and left. What's your relationship to the guy in the bank? What's that? Yeah, the guy in the bank. What's that? He already told me he got here with you guys. Okay. Okay. Where'd you meet him? You ever met him before? >> How did How do you get in contact with you? >> What store was that? What store was that that you were at? >> What's that? >> I know you're lying to me. Okay. >> I mean, whose car is it? You don't know whose car it is? What's that? It's >> your car. It's registered to you. Return to it. You said it was on a gray thing. >> Did you work with this gentleman? >> I did not. My Dustin did. >> Okay, brother. Thank you guys for your Thank you. >> I say this, we've been dealing with these everywhere. >> Yeah. So, we're >> Well, it sounds like they were also in other places. So, when I let >> Oh, really? >> I let our risk team know, Ryan up in our LA headquarters. >> Did you guys have a like a security sending out emails everywhere or the fraud department sending out an email? >> Yeah, you did. >> Did you see was he in one of the emails? Like we've had there was already an email earlier today about somebody else in another branch. I think anyway. >> It wasn't It wasn't this, >> but >> Okay. >> This guy wasn't >> No, not >> Was it the the customer that they were trying to take from? >> No. The check looked real weird. >> Okay. I'm going to say, "You mind if I keep his ID just to everything down?" >> Oh, yeah. I put him in already. >> Oh, sorry. >> [snorts] >> I'm not used to the check. >> H to the checkbook. >> 800. All right, I'm out for now. I'll be around if you all need me. >> Good to see you again. Sorry business. >> It's all good. >> I'll see you guys later. Good luck. Authorities later identified the suspects as Hector Reyes Jr., Zion Bellnap, and Melvin Witherspoon. All three now face multiple charges, including felony possession of forged instruments and conspiracy. For more real body cam footage and law enforcement encounters, subscribe to Jury Duty Body Cam, where real cases meet real consequences.