A BANK account holder was arrested after attempting to cash a check for tens of thousands of dollars as cops were confused by his ID.

The suspect, referred to as John Doe by police, also opened up an account at a Muncie, Indiana bank a day before he re-visited with a check.

Police say the Veterans Affairs compensation check, worth $76,191.66 was not his, according to The Star Press.

This money and coupon were supposedly stolen, police have said.

The man identified himself as the person the check was addressed to, a man from Staten Island, New York.

This suspect also presented a photo ID card with the matching name on the check however, the police have said it was fake.

The man later said he was Roland Ramirez, 58, from the Bronx, New York but police have not established this. 

“We cannot confirm that to be his real name at this time,” a police officer wrote in an affidavit seen by The Star Press.

The suspect raised eyebrows after he created a bank account, at the Northwest Bank branch at 2910 W. Jackson Street, on Monday and then attempted to cash the check on Tuesday.

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Muncie police have said the check brought to the bank by “John Doe” was “stolen from New York where John Doe admitted to living in.”

The suspect was preliminarily charged with two counts of fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, forgery, identity deception, theft, conspiracy to commit theft, and having a false government ID.

“John Doe” was held without bond at the Delaware County jail on Friday but it is unclear if he is still there.

Banking fraud and thefts have been prevalent in recent months and years.

The US Sun has reported on a number of cases where people have lost thousands of dollars to crime.

A retired postal worker from Indiana had more than $10,000 wiped from his bank account after he fell for a scam.

Robert Wolfe, who now lives in The Villages, Florida received text messages that asked if he approved a pending transaction of $1,340 and another under $10,000.

After replying “No” he received a call from a scammer pretending to be a Chase Bank employee who asked for a six-digit one-time code.

Thousands of dollars disappeared from his account shortly after.