The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday charged a man with passing off a fraudulent cheque for $150,000.

Phou Norin, 46, was arrested in Phnom Penh on Sunday and taken to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday.

An officer from the criminal police department who asked to remain anonymous said the arrest followed the victim’s complaint. But he stopped short of providing details.

Municipal court spokesperson Kuch Kimlong said a prosecutor charged Norin on Wednesday and sent the case to an investigating judge.

Fresh News reported that criminal police officers detained the suspect after they received a complaint from the victim related to the $150,000 fraudulent cheque. The complaint was attached with documentary evidence of the cheque accompanied by an account having no balance.

The suspect allegedly tricked the victim into accepting the fake cheque, which is why the victim filed the complaint to the Ministry of Interior’s criminal police to proceed with legal action.

National Police spokesman Chhay Kim Khoeun said: “I cannot provide any answers as yet since I have not received the report.” Kim Sarom