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  2. Cheque fraud - Wikipedia

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    The most notorious "bad cheque artist" of the 20th century, Frank Abagnale, devised a scheme to put incorrect MICR numbers at the bottom of the cheque he wrote, so that they would be routed to the incorrect Federal Reserve Bank for clearing. This allowed him to work longer in one area before his criminal activity was detected.

  3. Bad check restitution program - Wikipedia

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    A bad check restitution program (BCRP) is a program in the United States that works to retrieve funds from bad check writers in order to repay moneys owed to the recipients of the checks. In other words, these are debt collection operations. Many of these programs are operated by private companies that add fees that may exceed $200, regardless ...

  4. Dishonoured cheque - Wikipedia

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    A dishonoured cheque (US spelling: dishonored check) is a cheque that the bank on which it is drawn declines to pay (“honour”). There are a number of reasons why a bank might refuse to honour a cheque, with non-sufficient funds ( NSF ) being the most common, indicating that there are insufficient cleared funds in the account on which the ...

  5. Check-Kiting: How To See the Warning Signs - AOL

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    Check-kiting takes advantage of the check float, or the time it takes for banks to clear checks. The multiple check writing and depositing makes it appear that the money is in the two accounts and ...

  6. Men drive around stealing checks from mail in Florida and ...

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    A money order worth nearly $500 and seven checks worth more than $60,000 were deposited into bank accounts by the two men as well as “others acting on their behalf” between October 2019 and ...

  7. Check kiting - Wikipedia

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    The individual first writes Check #1 (a bad check) for $100, and uses it to purchase the item. The check will clear (i.e., the check amount will be deducted from his account) at the end of the next business day (say Check #1 is written on day T−1). The individual is now technically insolvent, as they owe $100, but only have $10 in the bank ...

  8. Plea scheduled in $28K bad check alcohol purchases

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    EAU CLAIRE — Authorities have filed charges after a grocery store reported being bilked out of more than $28,000 by a man who paid for bulk alcohol purchases with bad checks. Zachery Wojcik, 26 ...

  9. Bank fraud - Wikipedia

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    The bank fraud statute federally criminalizes check-kiting, check forging, non-disclosure on loan applications, diversion of funds, unauthorized use of automated teller machines (ATMs), credit card fraud, and other similar offenses. Section 1344 does not cover certain forms of money laundering, bribery, and passing bad checks.