A lawsuit filed in federal court this week accuses local restaurant owner Katherine Mott and a business partner, Robert Harris, of an $18.9 million "check kiting" scheme. So just what is check kiting?

The federal courthouse in Sioux Falls. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) An Iowa ag company accused of operating a billion-dollar check-kiting scheme is being sued by a lender that claimed 110,000 ...

A former executive at the O'Fallon, Illinois-based Bank of O'Fallon this week pleaded guilty to check kiting and investment fraud from which he gained more than $2 million and left a retired Illinois ...

The owner of a used car dealership in Hattiesburg pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Forty-two-year-old Aaron Brown, owner of Aaron's Auto Sales admitted to ...

LIMA A former car dealer in Paulding was charged Wednesday in a federal fraud case.Thomas Winkle, 51, of Paulding, is scheduled to make an initial appearance before Magistrate Vernelis Armstrong in ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – An owner of some of the most popular restaurants in town who is accused of a check-kiting scheme by one bank is now suing another. Katherine Mott has been accused by Five Star Bank ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min An updated civil complaint ...

CLEVELAND (AP) -- A businessman who orchestrated a $180 million check-kiting scheme and used the proceeds to live a lavish lifestyle and amass one of the world's most revered classic car collections ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- A former financial executive has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to a multimillion dollar check-kiting scheme that contributed to the closure of ...