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Lakewood man arrested on fraud charges involving bad check

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LAKEWOOD — A 28-year-old Lakewood man was arrested Saturday on warrants from the Town of Busti Court in connection with a fraudulent check scheme.

Braxton Achterberg was taken into custody by the Lakewood-Busti Police Department on Aug. 9.

Police allege Achterberg obtained a fraudulent check and used it to pay a victim for property, knowing there were insufficient funds.

Achterberg was charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree, criminal possession of a forged instrument and issuing a bad check.

He was taken to the county jail for arraignment.

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