A 45-year-old Salina man was arrested Wednesday for depositing a $45,000 fraudulent check into the account of a business partnership he was a part of and then withdrew money from that account.

He is also alleged to have placed an unauthorized charge on the credit card of a customer.

On January 26th of this year George A. Hansen Jr. placed a check into the account of Picture Perfect Satellite at 1825 S. 9th that appeared to come from a legitimate business.

Hansen allegedly made the check on a computer and deposited it into the company bank account.

Also on two different occasions, Hansen reportedly withdrew at total of $4,500 from the account and charged $3,000 to a customers credit card.

After an investigation Hansen was arrested on two counts of forgery, theft by deception , attempted theft by deception, criminal use of a financial card, and unlawful acts using a computer.