A man in Georgia tried to steal over $3 million in unclaimed funds from Massachusetts, and did manage to fraudulently receive $1.1 million, state prosecutors announced Monday.

The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office described a complex, yearslong scheme in which Shaka Stayman, a 44-year-old from Atlanta, submitted fake documents, masked his phone number and routed checks through PO boxes and mail-forwarding services in order to claim valuable property from the Massachusetts Unclaimed Property Division.

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Stayman was arrested in Atlanta on charges of larceny, attempted larceny, money laundering, presentation of false claims and conspiracy, prosecutors said. He pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court on Friday

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