A man and woman are wanted by Baton Rouge police for allegedly altering business checks to steal over $52,000.

Mohammed Arif, 47, and Jashanti Gilbert, 22 both have warrants out for their arrest on charges of theft, bank fraud and monetary instrument abuse.

Police first became aware of the thefts when an office manager at a law firm in downtown Baton Rouge reported that two business checks she had mailed had been compromised and altered.

The manager told police she placed the checks in a blue mailbox downtown, but later found out they had been deposited into two different people's accounts.

One check was allegedly made out to Arif for $42,481 and the other was made to Gilbert for $9,801.

Detectives found the funds had been spent or transferred as soon as they were deposited into those

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