Our business checkbook was stolen. About 7 checks were written and accepted at various merchants. The police arrested the guys and our checkbook was returned with the checkbook receipts included with the amounts legible. When I went to our bank to resolve the matter the bank suggested we close the account. Which I intend to do but for several reasons I could not close this account immediately. So I asked if we could stop payments on the checks and the bank stated "no". They said we would still be responsible for the checks and the only option we had was to close the account immediately. May I stress here.... I COULD NOT CLOSE THE ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY. Until I made some calls notifying certain businesses as to not ruin our business reputation. The bank said my only other option was to let the checks clear and then go in and place forgery charges on them but... it seems I will still loose the money from the checks forged. It seems to me that this bank is looking for the easy solution instead of helping me until I am able to close this account.... Any suggestions?