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2/7/26
A Quad Cities man has been arrested in connection with a fraudulent check-cashing scheme after allegedly calling the Johnson County Sheriff’s office himself.
According to arrest records, on Friday afternoon two subjects who are not named in police records drove 32-year-old Andrew Sondej from his home in Davenport to Swisher Bank in Swisher. The men provided Sondej with a fraudulent check made out for $1,991.57, which he was supposed to cash at the bank. But once Sondej unsuccessfully tried to cash the check, the men drove away with his bag still inside the car. Sondej called the Johnson County Sheriff’s office to report the stolen bag, and during the ensuing investigation the bank manager reported Sondej had tried to cash the fake check.
Sondej is now charged with 2nd Degree Theft. If convicted, he faces a maximum of five years in prison.