Patrick Kane Arrested For Altering Checks Meant For Charity And Depositing Them In His Personal Account
WESTPORT, Mass. — Westport Police announced the arrest of a Seekonk man Wednesday for allegedly altering checks donated to community fundraising efforts.
Police say Patrick Kane, 28, held onto nearly $5,000 worth of donated checks after they were deposited and then re-deposited them into his own personal business account. Kane was able to cash the checks by changing the dates from 2013 to 2015. Police had been searching for Kane after he reportedly took money from a Westport fundraiser.
Kane was eventually arrested after police found surveillance footage of him depositing the altered-checks at a bank; the bank account was registered under his name and a female relative. An investigation is still on-going to determine if other individuals were involved in Kane’s scam.
Here we go again, god dammit, we were just out of the woods with the Patrick Kane legal trouble and now we’re right back in the thick of things. I will say this in defense of Patrick Kane fake check version, if your name is Patrick Kane and you’re not that Patrick Kane, there has never been a better time to run a check scheme to scam a bunch of charities. You’re like 10,000 results down on a google search. It’s genius. Search Patrick Kane on the internet and you have to get to the bottom of the ocean to find this guy. What’s the worst that can happen? You get arrested, serve some time, maybe a little probation, and go on with your life. You’re just the guy named after the famous hockey player. Best case scenario you’re 5,000 dollars richer thanks to some dumb charity. It’s the perfect crime.
This hurts, a lot.
Patrick Kane, 28,
Pat Kane, not Patrick.