My niece will possibly be charged with forging and cashing a $150.00 personal check in Texas...?
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Conclusion:\nIt does not look too bad, it seems like she will have to pay a fine and pay restitution for the damage she caused by writing a bad check.\n\nAppropriate statutes are bellow.\n\n\nUnder Tex. Penal Code § 32.41  (2005)\nIssuance of Bad Check\n(a) A person commits an offense if he issues or passes a check or similar sight order for the payment of money knowing that the issuer does not have sufficient funds in or on deposit with the bank or other drawee for the payment in full of the check or order as well as all other checks or orders outstanding at the time of issuance.\n\n (f) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. \n\nClass C misdemeanor is governed by section \nTex. Penal Code § 12.23  (2005):\nIt says:\n   An individual adjudged guilty of a Class C misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $ 500.
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Little you can do, you could hire an attorney in this county and her state to sue her, or travel here to sue her, but being in another county, the costs of doing anything is almost impossible.\n\nHas anyone contacted the person at the address she sent it ?\n\nAnd in all actual, I have had trouble with about 1/3 of my transactions,  from the person not sending the item, to the item being in bad shape, to the item not being anything like described.  I would say that 80 with no problems is almost unheard of from people I know.
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was curious and at first thought it was legit. I filled out the Contractor agreement and faxed to the toll free number. After I did that i started to think about it more and it seemed very suspicious. This job seemed too easy to get. Soon I got an e-mail from Michael Peterson stating that i will recieve my first donation in the mail. I then recieved a $4,500 cashier's check in the mail drawn off of "First Bank" Austin, Texas. The check was delivered to my door via Express mail through the local post office. The address showing were it came from showed a P.O Box in Denver Colorado. Okay! The website states that they are located in the Netherlands. Where does Colorado fit in? Also why is this check from a bank in Austin, Texas.This is just too fishy. it doesn't make sense to me. I am afraid to get involed at this point. There isn't even a phone# to call or a physical address. What makes it worse is how do you just send me a check in my name and ask me to deposit it into my personal bank account then contact you when the funds are avaliable so you can give me instructions on who to send the funds to? You don't know anything about me. No one even attempted to do any kind of interview to find out either. And why don't you send the funds directly to the families you are donating to? Why waste time an dmoney mailing checks all over from city to city then paying to Western Union the funds? Where do donations processors fit in? This is all too weird. I tried locating First Bank and there were no matches in Austin.\n\nI am going to return the check to where it was sent from and also file an investigative report through the Better Business Bureau on legitimate charities. \n\nI also found a web address that uses similiar information found on cameliahome.org called elynahome.com
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My roommate got caught in the same scam. The girl told him she loved him and sh*t like that. Saying that she needed him to cash the money order, and send the money to her sister. He got screwed out of 120,000 bucks. He went to the police but there was nothing they could do. That was over two years ago and he's still paying back the bank. Really sad that people are still falling for the scam now...even sadder that the people are keeping up the scam. At least you're smart and know it was a scam. What the police told my ex roommate was that there's no way to tell who the person is, so the most you can do is report it to yahoo. They'll pull the account, but they'll only create another one and be back out doing it in ten mins.
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Wish I could help but from the nature of what you are saying you are not in the USA and the laws of other countries are very strange to us. You do not have to pay bail till you are arrested. You never pay anyone till after you go to court and the judge decides how much and you pay to the court and not to the police. So - maybe someone is scamming your sister for extortion money. Go to the court and ask them what to do.
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ull get your money. that is fo sho. the gov't will eventually take the money out of the check before that person even gets it. what they dont pay just adds up. my friend, who is 21, and her mom are still getting thousand dollar checks regularly.
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You could:\n\n1. Cash the check if the bank has a local branch or local affiliate-branch. (safest option)\n\n2. Call the bank and see what info they will verify (open account, funds availability, name of maker, no stop payments, etc.)\n\n3. Have your bank send it out for collections (which could take weeks or be returned by the paying bank if they don't accept checks sent for collections).\n\n4. Request the funds be wired to you instead or sent as a postal money order, etc.\n\n5. Deposit it, wait two weeks and call the other bank to confirm if it's been paid (it can still be reversed if it's a fraudulent check)\n\n6. Go to a check cashing place and try to cash it there. Call one up and ask what happens if it comes back. I'm guessing they'll go after you.
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You should NEVER have to pay to recieve a 'gift.'\n\nDo you know the person or persons offering you this gift?  Are you related, or did you just receive a random e-mail?\nIf you are a beneficiary of an insurance policy, the company has to send the check to you at no charge.  Do not put any money up front!\n\nIt's good that you are questioning this.  The FBI has information pages about common types of fraud and where/how to report one to them.\n\nHere's what the FBI has on recent fraud schemes:\nhttp://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm\n\nand here's their link for Internet fraud:\nhttp://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/internetschemes.htm\n\nAs well, here is a page to report Internet fraud:\nhttp://www.ic3.gov
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If the cashier's check was made to you why would you be charged with obtaining funds under false pretenses?\n\nYou had a good, sold it for a price.  The new owner received his pup i assume.  The person who fed-exed you the check will likely be charged as well.  There ARE records of this you know....
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call irs and have them put a stop to it, tell them what happen if this person file then they will have a address to where the check is going to go. good luck.
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Did you know that giving someone a bad check for payment of goods/services is a fradulent act....fraud is a criminal offence. Depending on how malicious you feel, you could "sic" the police on her by filing a report with the local police. Since you probably want to get your money, a demand letter stating your intent to file a complaint with the local police for "passing bad checks" if payment is not made in cash or toher certified funds, may actually do the trick.
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First of all, you need to find out what the charge is. Theft by check is a very vague term. He could have written an insufficient funds check, meaning he intentionally wrote one of his own checks knowing there was no money or it was a closed account. Another alternative is he had someone else's stolen check and used it illegally. Or he could have forged someone's name on a check. \n\nYou mention that your brother's ex was always stealing money. In my law enforcement experience, it is rare that a normal, clean-cut, law abiding person will stay in a relationship with a lying, stealing, theif. You might want to listen very carefully to what your brother is saying and ask yourself, is he telling me the truth or telling me a story so I will be on his side? \n\nBe careful. Before you throw your full support behind your brother, get all the facts you can. Don't support him just because he is related.
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Seek your local police precininct or sheirff and request to be bonded, they will finger print you and charge you around 12 dollars.
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Don't do it!!!! They charge really high interest.  If you had to write a check out of your personal account for them to hold until you can pay, they can cash that check as soon as your agreed upon time to pay has passed.  They do NOT have to tell you before they do it.  Then, not only do you have their stupid fees, you also have a charge from your bank for a returned check!!!!
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WOW !!  I wouldn't want this group as my jury!!\n\nIn all fairness, $150.00 is not a lot of money. The perp would probably get probation and community service if it's a first or second offense. Restitution would probably be par of it, as well.\n\nIf it is a repeated offense, then the judge may be a bit harder and sentence them to some jail time.
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You could report it to the local police.  This also involves a federal offense... if you want your sister to go to federal jail then report if not give her a chance to pay your mother back and if not report it.  Let her know that you are VERY serious.\n\nI had this happen with my father.  I worked for two weeks and told him to send me the check I get in the mail.. since I was in college and paying for everything myself.  He takes the check of almost 300 dollars and cashes it and spends the money.  He dodged me for about three months... I could have reported him but he has paid me back some but not much.  Also, I've learned not to trust him like I used to.  I never lived with him, trusted him with anything important to me again.... so you live and you learn.  \n\nThink before you do something you might regret b/c God knows all and sees all... you dont have to be the judge.. God will do so.  Just try and get her to pay her back even if it's just 20 or 30 her and there... \n\nGood luck!
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Does it say on the check anywhere something like "Cashing this check automatically means that you agree with the terms and conditions"?  Scam....\n\nDid your mom actually sign up for this contest?  If not, Scam...\n\nYou could contact the Better Business Bureau about the company listed on the check.  If they aren't with the BBB, it's probably a scam...\n\nContact the bank that the check is drawn on.  See what they have to say about the company listed on the check.  \n\nOverall, my opinion is that it's most likely a scam.  You just don't win $50,000 out of the blue like that.  Good luck!  You're smart for asking around before cashing the check.