Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania
what to do
the person is being changed with identy frad for a check written to them by a third party. the person did not know the check was stolen.
Asked on 10/20/08, 10:12 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Brian Zeiger
Levin & Zeiger LLP
Re: what to do
there is a case called commonwealth v. gibson that says that you cannot be convicted of forgery for this situation.
however, you can be put to trial for "bad checks" which really is your situation. you can then defend the case to say that you didn't know the check was bad.
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Answered on 10/20/08, 10:16 pm
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