A Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday on identity theft and fraud charges involving 16 individuals and three businesses, according to a news release from the Hall County Sheriff’s Office. An investigation into David Lamar Beck, 51, started after authorities say he passed a counterfeit check in January to buy a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee. With a warrant, authorities searched Beck’s Sardis Road home on Jan. 16 and found copies of fraudulent Georgia and North Carolina driver’s licenses, numerous stolen checks and mail items, as well as a laptop computer connected to a burglary in White County, according to the news release.