forged check

[Katharine Chartrand]

Someone working on one of my rehabs somehow got a blank check of mine, forged my signature and either gave it to a friend who cashed it for $800, or cashed it with false identification.

It was cashed on Friday. I can see the check on line. I've reconciled my checkbook, notified my bank. I will file a police report tomorrow.

Anyone been through this? How does this kind of thing play out?

>KNC<

[Jerry W.]

@Katharine Chartrand excellent followup.  I am amazed at how many folks forge checks and do it in such a way that they are sure to get caught.  Be sure to thank joe above for his excellent post, he has thousands of the same quality.  Hopefully the police will do something with this.  Even a street cop should be able to do enough of a report for the prosecutor to do the case.  If that doesn't work you can take to the prosecutor's office yourself.  They don't really like it but they should pursue it anyway.  Town police officers are actually controlled by the executive branch of the town government, so if push comes to shove go the mayors office and complain and ask there is no officer assigned to do those kinds of cases in the entire city.  It is an election year so they will probably jump right on it.