Four men were arrested in Broward on Monday after they plotted to cash a nearly $28 million U.S. Treasury check but unknowingly included an undercover agent in their scheme, according to federal court records.

Federal agents converged on Carlos Manuel Villanueva, 37, Eric Renard Bedford, 44, Jorge Cruz Garcia, 30, and John Ryan Boxie shortly after they exchanged the stolen check at a Pembroke Pines restaurant on Monday, according to a criminal complaint. All four face one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of theft of government property.

Villaneuva lives in Hialeah, while the other three men are from Texas.

Earlier this month, a “source of information” told the government that Villaneuva had access to a U.S. Treasury check for close to $28 million, according

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