1.   A Kansas legislative committee heard testimony last summer that bogus checks amounting to millions of dollars had been confiscated and that local governments had lost money in some cases.

2.   Broderick was accused of creating bogus checks and staging seminars to tell people how they could use the forgeries to pay off debts.

3.   Criminals also defraud unwary banks by opening new accounts, depositing bogus checks and withdrawing money before the checks clear and the bank discovers the scam.

4.   In some cases, Stovall said, the bogus checks are made out for amounts in excess of what is owed and accompanied by requests for refunds.

5.   McLaren also faces federal charges related to bogus checks passed by the Republic group.

6.   Other strategies involve computer programs that flag bogus checks based on their check num ber or unusual amounts, she said.

7.   Police finally tracked them down Sunday in New York, arresting them at the New York Hilton on a Utah warrant for writing a bogus check.

8.   The federal indictment charged them with attempting to use the bogus check to pay off a mortgage owed to a Tulsa lender.

9.   The Freemen, who are heavily armed, are wanted on a variety of charges involving bogus checks and threats against elected officials.

10.   The Freemen, some of whom are wanted on charges of circulating bogus checks and threatening to kill a federal judge, do not recognize the U.S. government.