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FLORIDA LAW – Guilty of Check Fraud? What will happen to my friend?

This very close friend of mine is 18 almost 19 and only has one petty theft charge on his record. He deposited roughly 1500.00 in checks off of his grandfather’s bank account into his own, both Bank of America accounts. They had all cleared, but Now that his Grandpa found out, he’s closed the bank account the money came from and the 18 year old’s account is now overdrawn 1500.00…does this necessarily mean a police report was made?

So my question is…What would happen…will he be arrested or just sent to a collection agency? I looked it up and their is no warrant out for his arrest so I think that that would mean the police aren’t involved…worst case scenario, living in Florida, what would likely happen if he was arrested and sentenced? Would the sentence differ if he were to say he had a drug problem? (

There are alot of factors to consider in what you mentioned.

If the money was removed from his account and placed back in the grandfathers then it sounds like it was handled internally by the bank *Up to this point* The bank will then investigate what happened and file charges accordingly (it is not up to the grandfather).

This is a little different that simply writing a bad check, and may be a federal charge. ALSO Florida has very strict laws about defrauding the elderly. Finally the amount that was involved tells me this will be a felony charge.

This is very serious. My guess is your friend is looking at 3 to 7 years, and some pretty stiff fines. (which would turn into 1 to 3 years).

The fact that there is not a warrant issued yet does not mean they are not building a case now and deciding on charges. I would suggest he contact the bank and plead his case before Law Enforcement gets involved.

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