Do I have to disclose who used my credit card if I agree to pay the amount owed?
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Do I have to disclose who used my credit card if I agree to pay the amount owed?
My cousin used my credit card for phone sex while drunk one night and lied to me about it. I don’t want to press charges but now I’m being charged with credit card fraud. I will pay the amount owed but I don’t want him to be involved. He has already given me the money to pay for the charge.
Asked on May 6, 2009 under Criminal Law, Tennessee
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
It sure sounds as if someone committed credit card fraud, and you are the likely fall guy -- although, quite frankly, I find it hard to believe that your cousin did so without your complicity (and if I find it hard to believe, imagine what the state's attorney thinks).
Perhaps having criminal charges lodged against you does not phase you, and you don't care about having your name in the local press as a quasi-pervert. Perhaps you can afford bail, and then plead not guilty, and even beat the rap. (These cases can be hard to prove, and defrauding a porn-type site may be regarded as a "serves them right" by a Tennessee jury.)
But for Gosh sakes, what if you can't? Don't you think you'd be best off speaking with a real Tennessee defense lawyer (I'm not a TN lawyer) who knows the ropes and can talk to the prosecutors and try to cut this off at the bend before you are arrested and charged?
AttorneyPages.com lists many good TN lawyers.
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