Can I sue a friend from writing personal checks to me from an account that had no money in it?
A friend wrote me personal checks that I cashed out for them and now I owe $1000. I did it because they lost their bank card and knew they needed money to pay rent. I was wondering if I have any valid legal options. I know he has a warrant for his arrest and has written numerous checks that have bounced(as well as forging other people's)
Please be serious.
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Yea, it's called writing bad checks. In addition to you suing him for all of the money that you now owe as a result (and winning, likely plus costs and attorney's fees as well), he can be charged with fraud and writing bad checks. Especially if he has a warrant for his arrest already, he'll be going away for a long time. Call the police and make a report, then file a small claims suit to get your money.
Absolutely you can take them to court.
Of course you can. You can file a law suite for anything.
You can just go to your local court house and file a small claims case.
You can definatly sue your friend for doing that. That is a serious thing and really take money out of you. It is very bad to do something like that to you. All the money that you now owe. Can be givin to your friend to pay since they are the one that wrote personal checks out to an account that doesn't have any money in it.
Just to add my voice.
You can sue in small claims court, but he probably wont voluntarilly pay the judgement. So you are still going to have to chase after the money. Im not telling you not to sue; Im just saying that after you win a judgement you still have some work to do to get your money back.
And you might want to stop referring to him as your "friend". He is definitely not a friend. I wouldnt hesitate to file a criminal action.
Whether you want to go through the time and expense of filing a civil (small claims) action really depends on whether you feel there are any tangible assets available to satisfy any potential judgment you would receive. You can't get blood from a stone.
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