Does anyone know what will happen to someone who cashes their neighbors check and signs their own name to it?
I receive a monthly child support check and in June mine didn't come;so immediately I called and reported it.I went through an unbelievable wait,paperwork,more waiting,and was called today to come down and sign a paper saying that the person who cashed and signed my check was not me.It was my neighbor!This person has been hard to deal with and not only did they cash it they signed their own name!This person runs a gas station and didn't stamp the back of the check on purpose to keep the bank from tracing it.However,they now have her address,name,and work.The lady at child support said she may try to say she thought it was her own check if she receives child support.Someone please tell me she won't get by with that...you don't get two checks in one month and I have yet to receive mine. While she knew she had my money...me and my kids did without!Please tell me more about what the court might do or who I could call! I have took so much from her and been silent! This was too far! Thanks!
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If she took the check from your mail, report it to your local postmaster. It is a federal crime.
Also, file a local police report of the theft.
One of these may prosecute her. She may go to jail.
if she signer your name on the check, it would be very hard for her to say she thought the check was hers
ask her for double that money back, or call the cops
File a complaint with the child support office and let them know that fraud was perpetrated on you and on the system, then call the police and file a complaint for fraud, theft and whatever else they can charge this guy with.
I doubt that anyone cashes anyone else's check by mistake, but unless they have a damn good excuse, they're going away for fraud for a long time.
This is your chance! Can you spell *p*r*i*s*o*n* ???
Oohhhhh yyeaaaah. That's a felony, you're about to dish out some massive paybacks.
Call the police. This was a criminal offense. The neighbor stole money from you.
Whoever issued the check needs to file an afidavit with their bank declaring the check was cashed fraudulently. Then, it will make its way through the banking system and the check issuer should be reimbursed, and should then be able to pay you.
Sorry, but it may take time to work its way through the system.
unfortunately, there probably isn't anything you can do about it. Idon't know where you live, but if it's in cali, just give it up - the law always seems to go the way of the criminal - sorry - stuff like that has happened to me too - it was just one more indication of how thoughtless and cruel the heart of some humans can be. Take solace, however, that truly what goes around does come around. goodluck
katy
fraud, theft under or over 5000 depending on how big..not a smart idea
Contact the Prosecuting Attorney in your County to enchance your criminal complaint and continue to pursue it.
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