Clarksville, Ind. (WDRB) -- An Ohio man was arrested while applying for a loan at a Clark County bank.
Kenneth Burgess, 58, is accused of trying to defraud the One Vision Federal Credit Union on Lewis and Clark Parkway in Clarksville.
According to police, there were red flags when Burgess applied for a loan.
"Mr. Burgess came to Clarksville, Indiana, from Ohio and committed these acts," Clark County Prosecutor Jeremy Mull said. "This individual had entered that location, had applied for a loan, and had presented some documents which evidently had been forged."
That's when bank officials contacted Indiana State Police.
"And said they had some suspicion that something may not quite be right here. Things weren't adding up and asked for our help looking into it," said ISP Sgt. Carey Huls.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Burgess lives in Columbus, Ohio, but applied for a $20,000 loan using a fake Michigan Driver's License on Monday.
"On Tuesday, our officer was at the bank, working hand-in-hand with the bank officials," Huls said. "And the subject came back into the bank to finish up whatever transaction he was doing with the bank."
When Burgess returned, an undercover detective posed as a loan officer, according to court documents.
"During the suspect’s meeting with the state police officer, it was determined again that he was using false and fictitious information to try to obtain the loan and an arrest of him was made at that time," Mull said.
Burgess is charged with forgery, defrauding a financial institution, and identity theft. He's being held in the Clark County Jail on a $50,000 cash bond.
"I did not want him posting a bond and leaving and fleeing the jurisdiction," said Mull.
Meanwhile, police believe Burgess has also hit at least two banks in the Metro Louisville area. Court documents show he also has a lengthy criminal history in Ohio.
Right now, Burgess is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Thursday morning.
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