Legal Question in Criminal Law in Arizona

Embezellment

My wife is in prison due to depositing checks from her employer to pay bills into her account, then sending money orders to the companies she got from her own paychecks, ''kiting'' I think is the term. The problem is Wells Fargo says she owes appx 8400.00 as that is the amount of checks she deposited but due to the money orders she sent it is only appx 3000.00 she kept. The public defender said to just sign the paper saying she owed 8400.00 and take care of getting it corrected later, which she did. The case was turned over by the judge to civil when she was imprisoned but it is causing me not to be able to open any bank account as my name was on the account and and wells fargo reported it to telecheck (They seized all our money and the account was thousands in the negative). What I need to know now is how to go about getting the amount corrected so I can start paying restitution and get the matter off telecheck and over with.


Asked on 8/15/03, 10:53 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Lyle Johnson Bedi and Johnson Attorneys at Law

Re: Embezellment

First contact the public defender with the evidence of payment and request that they get a court order reducing the amount payable to Wells Fargo Bank. If that fails then resubmit your question.

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Answered on 8/18/03, 12:23 am


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