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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 546763" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I am one here who has actually had experience with this. My son has taken my check book and forged checks on it. </p><p></p><p>I am going to tell you what I did. My son was 21 when he did it. I had tried all the "oh he is young when he started with the debit cards at 12 and 14." Thought taking him to the bank and them telling they could charge him with a felony would scare him....ha..did no good.</p><p></p><p>Well...at 21, I found out he forged checks on me for $1500. I went to the bank and filled out forgery affidavits. I also had them shred every checkbook I had in my possession and I put a stop payment on every check that was in the book that he had taken. I had no clue if there were more checks floating out there. Who knew if he gave checks to his friends to use. </p><p></p><p>After I took out those affidavits I went down to the local police departments where he cashed the checks and I swore out warrants for his arrest for uttering which means he cashed those checks in their jurisdictions. Forgery was much harder to prove because I had no clue where he was when he signed those checks but I could prove where he was when he cashed them. We had video of him cashing them in the banks. You will probably have an easier time getting him for uttering too because you will know where he cashed the checks. Forgery and uttering are two different charges and can be two different felonies. I chose to go with just the uttering charges. My bank gave me back all the money my son took. Of course when he was convicted he had to pay back every dime. He was convicted of 3 felony counts. One for each check. </p><p></p><p>He actually got a fairly good sentence but it scared the hell out of him. He got 14-16 months that was set aside as long as he complied with his probation. He had 60 days on house arrest, 30 days active sentence, 60 months Intensive probation, and 3 years regular probation where he had to go in every month for a UA and pay his restitution. If he had failed to do any of that he would have had to go do his whole 14 to 16 months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 546763, member: 1514"] I am one here who has actually had experience with this. My son has taken my check book and forged checks on it. I am going to tell you what I did. My son was 21 when he did it. I had tried all the "oh he is young when he started with the debit cards at 12 and 14." Thought taking him to the bank and them telling they could charge him with a felony would scare him....ha..did no good. Well...at 21, I found out he forged checks on me for $1500. I went to the bank and filled out forgery affidavits. I also had them shred every checkbook I had in my possession and I put a stop payment on every check that was in the book that he had taken. I had no clue if there were more checks floating out there. Who knew if he gave checks to his friends to use. After I took out those affidavits I went down to the local police departments where he cashed the checks and I swore out warrants for his arrest for uttering which means he cashed those checks in their jurisdictions. Forgery was much harder to prove because I had no clue where he was when he signed those checks but I could prove where he was when he cashed them. We had video of him cashing them in the banks. You will probably have an easier time getting him for uttering too because you will know where he cashed the checks. Forgery and uttering are two different charges and can be two different felonies. I chose to go with just the uttering charges. My bank gave me back all the money my son took. Of course when he was convicted he had to pay back every dime. He was convicted of 3 felony counts. One for each check. He actually got a fairly good sentence but it scared the hell out of him. He got 14-16 months that was set aside as long as he complied with his probation. He had 60 days on house arrest, 30 days active sentence, 60 months Intensive probation, and 3 years regular probation where he had to go in every month for a UA and pay his restitution. If he had failed to do any of that he would have had to go do his whole 14 to 16 months. [/QUOTE]
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