Man Accused of Check Scheme Caught in Solon

A two-year-old check scheme finally unraveled on a Richmond Heights man who was arrested earlier this month in Solon, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office.

Tigran Papyan of Richmond Heights faces multiple counts of passing bad checks, forgery and theft dating back to August 2009.

Ryan Miday, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office, said that Papyan is accused of cashing counterfeit checks totaling more than $42,000 between August 2009 and November 2009.

After that, Papyan left the country, and has had active warrants out for his arrest. 

Miday said he is unclear on the circumstances of how Papyan was caught. He may have turned himself in to Solon police.

The chain of bad checks began in August 2009 when Papyan is accused of cashing two fake checks in the name of ABC International Employment Services, a business on Aurora Road in Solon, according to Miday. Papyan ran a business similar to ABC, in which he hired Eastern European immigrants to clean hotels, according to the prosecutor's office.

Papyan is also accused of cashing bad checks in Lyndhurst, Middleburg Heights and Mayfield Heights, Miday said.

A pretrial hearing will be set for Papyan, Miday said.