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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. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  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. 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.

  7. What is check kiting? The viral "money glitch" that's ... - AOL

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    Altered checks, similarly, are a wider category of check fraud in which bad actors change any information on the note, including the amount or name of the payee. This can be done by analog or ...

  8. Financial crime - Wikipedia

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    Financial crimes may involve additional criminal acts, such as computer crime and elder abuse and even violent crimes such as robbery, armed robbery or murder. Financial crimes may be carried out by individuals, corporations, or by organized crime groups. Victims may include individuals, corporations, governments, and entire economies.

  9. Accessory (legal term) - Wikipedia

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    In some jurisdictions, criminal "facilitation" laws do not require that the primary crime be actually committed as a prerequisite for criminal liability. These include state statutes making it a crime to "provide" a person with "means or opportunity" to commit a crime, "believing it probable that he/she is rendering aid to a person who intends ...