A 33-year-old man has pleaded guilty to issuing false cheques totalling more than £15,000.
Mark Bainbridge used the cheques in Malvern, Evesham, Pershore, Broadway, Stow and Moreton and other towns.
Bainbridge, of Wharfside Street, Birmingham, admitted 13 charges of fraud, one of stealing goods and one of making off without payment of £390.
He was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced on October 12.
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