Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

money order scam

i was hit up with a fake money order scam that i thought to be a work from home job making some extra money. i went to the police on my own and also to my bank before they even got the mo's back telling them that we thought it might be from a scam. now the bank is saying i have 10 days to repay the money or they will file charges against me. what exactly does that mean and what will the courts do? i am willing to repay the money but i can't do it in 10 days. the bank didn't check any of the money orders to see if they were real or not they just cashed them with no questions and that was it. they want my husband and me to go borrow the money from somewhere else and pay them instead of working out an arrangement with us. if they file charges does that mean i will go to jail or will the court take our cars or house or what?


Asked on 8/29/07, 4:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: money order scam

I doubt that criminal charges would be warranted in this all too common (not to mention unhappy)situation. The bank, however, will be able to hold you civilly liable for the amounts of the fake money orders which you ill-advisedly deposited in your account and then withdrew the funds which were forwarded to the predator scoundrels in Nigeria---or wherever they're ensconced well beyond American borders and the reach of U.S. justice.

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Answered on 8/29/07, 5:07 pm


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