Houston man wrote forged checks to zoo HOUSTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A Houston man has been accused of writing more than $55,000 in forged checks as donations to the Houston Zoo, bank officials said. Robert Richard Wickboldt, 35, was charged with commercial forgery, a felony, in connection with phony checks he wrote to the zoo Feb. 3-4, The Houston Chronicle reported Wednesday. Court documents indicate Wickboldt told the zoo in January he wanted to make a donation. He allegedly gave the zoo's director of development a check for $50,000 on Feb. 3, which got him an invitation to a zoo gala the next day, where he wrote another phony check for $4,725 and a third check for $475 to buy items at a zoo auction, the newspaper said. Bankers identified the checks, written on a UBS AG account, as forgeries, saying Wickboldt does not have an account with the bank, the report said.