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An acquaintance of mine which is an older man has helped me in the last 4 years to pay a couple of bills. He gave me his checking information and he said I could save the info so that he could help me pay those bills in the future. He is now saying that he did not let me do that and wants to file charges on me. Can he do that without any proof?
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First off, I'm sorry you've found yourself in this situation. Secondly, the unfortunate answer is yes. I've represented many people who have used identifying information, credit cards, or checks with the permission of the owner of the information, just to have them turn around and call the police. What's even worse is if the person using the checks had some sort of misunderstanding as to what extent the permission went. We're usually able to fix the situation, but not after a long, drawn-out, and scary court process.
Your first course of action needs to be to get an excellent criminal defense lawyer familiar with fraud and white collar crime issues. ESPECIALLY in these types of cases, it is important to get a lawyer involved BEFORE a charging decision is made by the district attorney. In your case, that means right now. Many of us will offer you a free consultation and meeting about your case. Get in touch with a lawyer or two, meet with them, then hire the one you best believe can help you through this mess. Hope I helped, best of luck.
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Cordt Akers
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Answered on May 03rd, 2016 at 6:53 AM