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# Los Angeles man arrested for depositing forged $15,084 check at Wilshire Boulevard bank
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/080505-story-20050805-2/
- Published: 2005-08-05T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:33:11.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

At 3:48 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, the Santa Monica police responded to the 2700 block of Wilshire Boulevard at the Washington Mutual Bank regarding a forgery suspect. When officers arrived to the scene, they spoke to the employee, who detained the suspect. The suspect was attempting to deposit a fraudulent check into his account for $15,084.09\. The bank contacted the check owner and confirmed they didn’t issue a check to the suspect. Oscar Samuel Posada, 27, of Los Angeles, was placed under arrest for forgery and commercial burglary. Bail was set at $20,000.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 5, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/080505.pdf?ref=smdp.com)