A Florida man successfully purchased a brand new Porsche with a check he printed off from his home computer - and only got caught by the police when he attempted to do the same thing with some Rolex watches.
The Walton County Sheriff's Office has revealed that 42-year-old Casey William Kelley was arrested on Wednesday for grand theft of a motor vehicle and uttering a false banknote after pulling off the daring bluff.
Authorities revealed that Kelley had successfully purchased a Porsche 911 Turbo from a Porsche dealership in Destin, Okaloosa County, by using a fraudulent check written for $139,203.05 last Monday (July 27).
The image above, provided by police, shows Kelley posing beside the German sports car – which had to change its model name from 901 to 911 after a dispute with rival car manufacturer Peugeot.
The Porsche was later reported stolen to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office after the dealership unsuccessfully tried to cash Kelley's check.
However, Kelley didn't stop there.
Per the New York Post, one day after driving away with the Porsche, Kelley attempted to purchase three Rolex watches at a jeweler in Miramar Beach with another phony check - this time for the amount of $61,521.
When the check eventually came back as a false, the cashier reported the crime to the police — but by this point, Kelley was already in custody.
Kelley later admitted to officials from the Walton County Sheriff's Office that he had printed the cashier's checks from his home computer and did not get them from his bank.
"Casey stated he didn't know what the big deal was, and that since it was his account number on the check he printed out, it should be fine," the arrest report - obtained by Law & Crime - states.
Kelley appeared in court last Thursday after being held on a $10,000 bond. He is due in court again on September 22.