Legal Question in Criminal Law in Tennessee
I had a joint bank account (in the state of Tennessee) with my ex significant other, when I left Tennessee he told me that he had the account closed and had opened a new one in his name only. This was in Oct of 2007. I checked my credit report today and learned that he had lied, the account had remained open, and earlier this year he let it go in the negative..very far into the negative. There were also 2 bad checks written on the account. After speaking with the bank I placed a call to the collection agency for the bad checks, they were very rude to me and informed me that by my name being on the account, I had committed fraud, and they were therefor going to have a warrant filed for myself, and my ex. I had no knowledge that this account was still open, much less being used and falling so far into the red. Can I be held criminally responsible for his actions on this account?
1 Answer from Attorneys
The key words here are "criminally responsible" and the answer is no.
The collection agency is lying to you.
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