Legal Question in Banking Law in New Jersey

Hi, I'm a victim of a scam. When I filed my police report, the officer put it down as theft by deception. My bank accounts were wiped out by a scammer who blind sided me on a face business opportunity. Now the bank is saying I owe them $7K for 2 fake checks the scammer deposited in my accounts. Money was withdrawn, and he cancelled checks the same day after money was withdrawn. I did not deposit the checks, he did. The signature on the checks are not mine. They're forged by him. Now the bank doesn't want to help me. I don't know what to do. I filed a police report and I filed and complaint with FBI internet crime. IC3. I was left penniless. I never met this person. It was an online job ad that I had responded to for a "work at home" opportunity.


Asked on 12/18/15, 11:34 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Corbett Corbett Law Firm LLC

If the bank accepted a forged check and you reported it promptly, it's on them. Get a local lawyer to help you with this. I think that you will have more success if you do that.

See also: http://info.corbettlaw.net/lawguru.htm

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Answered on 12/19/15, 6:43 am


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