On July 24, 2025, at about 11:55 A.M., Officer Knutsen of the Rochester Police Department was dispatched to a check fraud call at a bank located in northwest Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota. A bank employee (an adult male identified in the police reports and herein referred to as witness) reported an individual cashed 3 fraudulent checks in Rochester at 3 different locations totaling $8,546 loss. Witness stated on July 15, 2025, at about 1:58 P.M., an individual later identified as Nickolas Stalorites [DOB REDACTED] presented a check for cashing at the northwest branch of the bank.
Stalorites provided a Montana driver’s license and he was able to cash $2,480.50. On the same day, at about 2:20 P.M., Stalorites then went to the northeast branch of the bank and provided the same Montana driver’s license and was able to cash a check for $2,825.20. He then went to the southwest branch of the bank at about 2:43 P.M. And cashed a check for $3,240.30 using the same Montana driver’s license. Stalorites attempted a fourth transaction at the southeast branch of the bank for $3,477 check but the transaction was denied due to fraud suspicion.
Witness stated the checks Stalorites presented were printed with an account holder’s information but were not the actual checks in the account holder’s possession. The account holder verified that their legitimate checks were accounted for. The account holder confirmed they did not issue or authorize any of the checks. The checks are believed to have been printed or manufactured fraudulently with accurate account and routing numbers. Detective See of the Rochester Police Department reviewed a picture of Stalorites Montana driver’s license and confirmed Stalorites was the individual at the bank’s branches.
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