A Salina man is facing 80 counts of forgery and 2 counts of felony theft for taking checks from a Salina business between August of 2011 and February 2012.

33-year-old Jack Urbanek is alleged to have taken 40 checks from Mid America Awards at 248 S Santa Fe, and made out the checks out to himself and signed them. The amount of the checks were just over $17,000.

Urbanek, while not employed by the company, is associated with the owners.

The case was reported on March 16th and the arrest was made Wednesday.