Man Bounced $50,000 Check At Wisconsin Car Dealership

Can someone please tell me how a man bounced a check for over $50,000 to purchase a vehicle at a Wisconsin car dealership?

Wisconsin Police Looking For Man Who Wrote $50K Check & Couldn't Cover It

Almost everyone at some point in their life goes through financial trouble, especially nowadays. Hopefully, your struggles don't go on for too long because it's hard to come back from a lot of debt.

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Thanks to a special service that my bank offers for checking accounts, I've never bounced a check. I'm knocking on wood right now. It's called Comfort Line. If you overdraw from your account, they will cover it up to a certain amount.

A Rockford man went to a car dealership in Wisconsin. He purchased a brand new SUV and wrote a personal check for $51,000. He asked them to hold it for a few days before they cashed it. The suspect was a regular customer, so the salesman allowed it.

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When the time came for the dealership to cash the check, it bounced. In fact, they tried a couple of times with the same result. The salesman found out that the suspect had taken the vehicle to a dealership in Rockford and attempted to trade in the SUV. That's when the police were called. There's a warrant out for his arrest.

According to Beloit Daily News...

A 55-year-old Rockford, Illinois man is wanted for allegedly writing a $51,000 bad check to a Beloit car dealer.

 

According to a criminal complaint, on April 19, Gerber purchased a 2025 Dodge Durango at a Beloit dealership, paying for it with a personal check and allegedly asking the business to wait “seven to 10 days” before cashing it.

 

Bryden Motors attempted to cash the check on May 13 and June 2 and both times it was denied because of insufficient funds.