A Lower Saucon Township man who owns an apartment building on Birkel Avenue in South Bethlehem was the victim of a fraud scheme allegedly perpetrated upon him by a tenant, who police say used his landlord’s business checking account information to make nine fraudulent Western Union transactions totaling nearly $3,000 between and forge an Embassy Bank check between March and May, according to a story published by Lehigh Valley Live Wednesday.
According to the article, Issaka Mohammed, 23, of the Bronx, was allegedly able to steal the money from the Alta Enterprise account with help from an alleged accomplice after Gerald Johnson provided him with a check to pay a utility bill associated with the building in which he was renting a room at the time.
Mohammed is charged with numerous felony counts of theft, identity theft and access device fraud along with one second degree felony count of forgery, according to court records.
After being arraigned on the charges before District Judge Robert A. Hawke he was committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail, the records state.