The advice you already received to engage an attorney is something you should follow.Writing checks on a closed account is a criminal offense - see if the county will prosecute this tenant.What sort of screening process did you use on this tenant before you let this tenant move in?

To my mind, any attorney who refuses to prosecute such a case lacks ethics and should be disbarred, or at least fall into disrepute.You're right about one thing, though: he should have cancelled the closing and been fully refunded after seeing the property's condition immediately prior to closing.

Please research the laws for Maryland as every state is different:In Texas, you will not be prosecuted for a bad check to a landlord. 

In MA they do prosecute so i wouldnt say you cant apply.

The article you posted says FIFTEEN (15) individuals have been prosecuted in the year prior, the article itself is ~3 years old.

But knowing that the MA Commission Against Discrimination has actual testers out there that actively try to trick agents into saying something that can get them prosecuted is pretty scary.Apparently the courts have already ruled that "entrapment" is no defense.The thing I try to bang into the heads of my agents is a line I learned in my licensing class: "We can talk about PROPERTIES not PEOPLE."

I am not required to hire an attorney to file and prosecute and eviction- LLC must in NJ, and I have watched professional tenants and even the judge call landlords out on it.

They can, and they absolutely do, fine/lein/prosecute/whatever, people attempting to circumvent student housing rules.Furthermore, Airbnbs and the like are not currently allowed in these zones without an exception from the ZBA (good luck with that):Section 175-53.

The wire transfers were likely for above purposes and wire fraud is a typical "gotcha" that the feds use because there's a clear paper trail they can follow, just like RICO charges with gangsters it's easier to prosecute than other crimes with less evidence.

He may also be willing to pay you back entirely to save his reputation and avoid prosecution for fraud or acting as a GC without a license.