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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - A former Volusia County deputy has been charged with fraud for writing bad checks and accessing insufficient funds, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

What we know:

Douglas Meyer, 37, was charged with organized scheme to defraud for involvement in a check kiting scheme, according to the agency.

According to the sheriff’s office, Meyer took advantage of the delay for checks to clear by writing bad checks at different credit unions and then gaining access to the funds.

The credit union reported the fraud to the sheriff’s office, which prompted the agency to start its investigation, Sheriff Mike Chitwood wrote in a Facebook post . Meyer went to one of the credit unions in uniform to ask for the hold on his deposited checks to be released, according to

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