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A serial fraudster with chameleon-like qualities and a sense of humor, who has cashed more than $125,000 in phony checks at credit unions, has been able to evade capture by Utah police investigators for eight months.

"I've been in law enforcement for 25 years and I've seen some pretty good criminals over the years. I would say this one is one of the smarter suspects and he's doing a pretty good job by not getting caught so far," Detective Darren Paul, a fraud investigator of the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake City, said.

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