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my problem is with my brother's checking account, he opened 8 years ago with Washington Mutual back them I remember signing a white card that the bank-lady told me was only to be used as a reference in case of emergency, now my brother cashed out 2checks for a friend of him,$4,800 and $4,600,they were payable to him but the money was giving to her friend,after the bank holds the checks for 2 days the money was giving to him, and he gave it to his friend, after few days he received a letter from the bank saying the cheks one was the account closed and the other was unable to locate,when he asked his friend for the money back to fixed his bank problem she told him,she spended and that she was going to find the people who gave her the checks,but everytime she call her,she was telling him to wait that she was going to paying him back, but after few months she dissapears and quit her job,that's when he told me to help him and show me all the docs the bank mailed to him to my surprise my name was in all his bank letters,the bank told me I was the owner of that acct, even do I had never used, but becouse I signed that white card make me owner,now since he was sent to collection I woory about my credit,my brother never had money,need help

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