Recent content by Lex_

It turned out that it was my sister that altered the check. She's in some other trouble now, hopefully enough to make her straighten her life out, and I just can't bring myself to file a report on her and make it worse.

The taverns responsibility Is the tavern that cashed a check that was clearly and blatently altered not breaking some law? They cashed a check that was written out to someone else, isn't that wrong? I'm not trying to exonerate my sister, I just think that she had help perpetrating this crime...

The law professor had this in a different post: "Once you dispute the validity of a debt the collection agency is supposed to close the account and send it back to the creditor. By sending them written notice they will be hard pressed to deny that they had received a valid dispute and it...

No compromise Well I went back to the collection agency and offered to pay the amount of the check, plus a small fee. They have verified with my bank that the check was forged. But they will only accept the full amount. Or rather they will accept anything I give them, but I will still owe...

I wrote out some checks to pay for my sisters utilities, gas and electric, these checks were written out the the utility companies. I received a call from my bank the next day asking if I wrote out a check to XXX - a local tavern. I said no, my bank told me that the owner of the tavern was...