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Casey Anthony will serve probation for one year for her check- fraud convictions and has to report to the Department of Corrections no later than Aug. 26, Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry ruled Friday.
As part of the order, Perry ruled that Anthony's address can remain confidential because of fears for her safety.
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Doris Workman is a victim of a growing phenomenon in check fraud.
The retired Ceredo resident recently ran out of checks and stopped by her local bank...
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A woman was arrested for check fraud Wednesday at a Victorville bank.
San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies responded at 5:52 p.m. to a report of check fraud at a Bank of America on Amargosa Road in Victorville.
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A Mesa County District Court has sentenced a man to 11 years and three months in the Colorado Department of Corrections for his role in a national check fraud ring, according to Colorado Attorney General John Suthers.
Salvador Ramirez was accused of being part of a check fraud ring that used shell corporations Mount Rocky Logistics and Expo Banquet to pass fake checks written for less than $4500 at businesses in Aspen, Carbondale, Delta, Durango, Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction, Montrose, Parachute, Rifle and Olathe, Suthers said.
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Clearly Check 21 and its implementing regulations can be of great benefit to banks and the check processing system as a whole. However, Check 21 created at least one uncertainty: how would courts resolve evidentiary issues related to check fraud if the original check were destroyed. On July 24, 2006, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided a case entitled Wachovia Bank, NA v. Foster Bancshares, Inc. and Foster Bank that helps shed some lighten this issue. The Wachovia case demonstrates that at least one federal jurisdiction is reluctant to ripple the water when it comes to established principles regarding check liability in forgery cases, despite the progression of technology and modification of law. Additionally, the court seemed reluctant to reach a decision making it advantageou...
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A coalition that includes the state's banking associations launched an anti-fraud program today in Colorado aimed at protecting consumers and others from check scams.
As part of the campaign, 21 banks and credit unions will distribute brochures about such scams and similar fraud cases to anyone who comes in to deposit checks or money orders of $1,000 or more, or to withdraw $1,000 or more.
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An anonymous donor's recent gift to Los Angeles County has ended up proving the adage "No good deed goes unpunished.
The person sent a $10,000 check to the county last month for no reason other than wanting to help out the government during its economic crisis.
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EL MONTE - Two women and a man are behind bars after being arrested on suspicion of stealing checks from mailboxes and cashing them - including checks from the city of El Monte, authorities said Thursday.
Melissa Santone, 30, of El Monte, Yvette Campbell, 41, of El Monte, and Josue Flores, 33, of Chino, were booked Wednesday on suspicion of forgery and making fictitious checks, El Monte police Detective Ralph Batres said.
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IN a state that has done such a remarkable job in recent decades cleaning its air of choking smog, it's disheartening to hear of widespread fraud in the smog check process.
Last week, a report on California's smog-test program found that up to a third of older cars that have passed mandated pollution checks actually fail them when re-tested at random on the streets.