Neil Chawla, prosecuting, said last October border control officers at the airport stopped
Chown when he arrived on a flight from Malaga, Spain.
Mike
Chown says he has been in Eugene since 1970 and has spent the last 30 years running the Oregon Liquor Control Commission store at Willamette Plaza - now known as Woodfield Station - at 29th Avenue and Willamette Street.
Mr
Chown, who now banks with HSBC, suspects that the person to whom the cheque was made out, knew about the time limit and altered the date.