Can u be charged with issuing a bad check if you have already paid half of the amount of the check bsck
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Can u be charged with issuing a bad check if you have already paid half of the amount of the check bsck
Wrote a check to a company and
accidentally made it out for the wrong
name. Was notified by company that they
couldn’t deposit and to send a new
payment and the next thing I find out
they deposited it. He is threatening to
have me arrested even though I have been
making payments on it per his request.
Asked on November 22, 2017 under Criminal Law, New York
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
What you describe is not the crime of passing a bad check. Passing a bad check is only a crime if there can be shown to have been an intention to write or pass a bad check. An honest error--writing to the wrong person; accidently writing a check from small or closed account 1 instead of ample account 2 as had been intened; etc.--is not a crime so long as the evidence supports that it was an honest error. You have been paying on the check: this shows that there was no criminal intent. They could sue you for any unpaid money, if they grow impatient with your repayment schedule or you stop paying, but you should not face criminal liability in the situation you describe. Even if they lie to the police to try to get you arrested, when the true facts come out, you should have a good defense.
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