Wabash Man Faces Federal Charges in Counterfeit Case

A 40-year-old Wabash man faces federal charges this morning in connection with the alleged counterfeiting of traveler’s checks. According to a news release from the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department, the man allegedly sent the counterfeit traveler’s checks to people throughout the United States from his Wabash home as part of a so-called Nigerian money scheme. Police say that when they executed a search warrant at the man’s home, they found 350-thousand dollars worth of phony traveler’s checks.