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Streetsboro Police are looking for Jason Nicholas James, who they say has scammed multiple people and businesses out of a lot of money.

James was previously arrested and charged for operating a ponzi scheme in North Carolina back in 2014, but has made his way to Northeast Ohio.

The department says that he's passed at least $18,000 worth of bad checks in Streetsboro alone, and has done so in Summit, Stark, and Cuyahoga Counties too.

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The Streetsboro Police Department currently has two active warrants for Jason Nicholas James, a 47 year old man who uses a former home in Brunswick or abandoned buildings as his address. James has been charged or is the suspect in multiple thefts (Forgery or Passing Bad Checks) across northeast Ohio where he uses fraudulent identification and checks to make purchases from unsuspecting businesses.

James was previously arrested in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2014 as part of a 9 million dollar Ponzi scheme and was charged with defrauding at least one victim of $300,000.

Business owners and employees need to be aware of his friendly con-artist tactics because he appears genuine, confident and out-going while he is presenting fake identification and checks to make large purchases. As pictured above, he will smile and shake your hand with one hand while he is giving you a bad check with the other. Streetsboro businesses alone are out over $18,000.

A public records check for James shows current or past activity in Summit, Cuyahoga, Portage and Stark Counties and there are likely others.

Streetsboro Police Department would like to thank our social media followers for helping to identify James and our news partners for continuing to spread the information to save other businesses, both large and small, from being victimized by James’ slick tactics.