I wrote about 30 bad checks i knew were gonna bounce?

dukalink6000

You may get away with a fine (don;t write a check to cover it, OK) and probation

Leogirl0804

I have some distant cousins that are spending their time in Jail for this very thing. I don't know how much time they received.

The Beast

Depending on the state you are in and the amount of the bad checks you could be looking at anywhere from 2 to 10 years.

tigerchick411

Is this a joke? Are you for real??? What the...Why would you write that many checks??!!!! Are you insane??? I think you need to wise up youngster!

Ruthie

Why would you do that? How selfish...Hopefully you get as much time as it takes to learn your lesson.

ms_books3736

In most states it depends on how much the checks were for, larger amounts exact a harsher punishment.

A $5.00 check is usually a small fine, a $5,000.00 check is a felony.

Sentencing could also depend on a variety of other factors, such as the lenght of time over which the checks were written, where and what they were written for, i.e., at the liquor store or the grocery store.

Get a lawyer and fast, but you better pay cash.

If you cannot afford a lawyer request appointment of one through the court, but whatever you do, be totally honest with your attorney.

Kingofreportedabuse

Christin B...does the B stand for bounce..girl your stealing ..and its a crime and your in trouble..oh well see in ya courte..I am going for giving a scambag a verbal warning..thats threating him with harm to his person..its not like I could of made him any uglier than he all ready is..see ya later..

padrote chingon

you are screwed, you are going away for a looooong time

bsure32

You could do time for fraud and its not quite the same. I would see if I could get a loan to pay off the checks. The other options, go to the people you wrote the checks and see if you can make a payment arrangement. If you are arrested it will be for either deposit account fraud, which is bad checks or they could charge you for fraud which would be a federal crime. You need to stop it before it hits, or get an attorney and see if you can get a plea bargain with restitution and probation.

darkangelslut1968

depends on the judge and his mood,cuz you WILL get charged.

deputeesteph33

If you wrote 30 and knew the money wasn't going to be there that shows intent. Some states aggregate the amount of all or some of the checks to reach the amount that bumps that charges up to felony. I hope for your sake that you don't live in one of those states. Also some states don't even look at the amount just the number of checks and the intent (and ability so if you wrote more than you can pay for with in a specific time period) to pay them back. Even more some of those states could also charge you with theft by deception because you knew they were bad when you wrote them most likely were never going to pay for them so that is theft and depending on the amounts and ability to aggregate you could be looking at several felonies. If you lived where I do most likely you would be facing up to ten years in prison and most likely serve 2 to 5 years. Good luck. NO offense but if I were the judge I would give you at least 2 years. 30 checks come on?!! It is quite obvious that you weren't just buying food for your hungry kids cause if it was there wouldn't be 30.

mommato4boys

you could get quite a bit of jail time. It is a felony esp since you are online telling everybody that you knew that they would bounce!

Hurry up and pay them off so maybe they won't turn them over!

skyeblue

Geeze! Why would you do something and take a chance at jailtime? Ridiculous! You can be prosecuted for each one and spend 1-5 years in jail on each count. That's a long time.

bisquedog

Expect quite a bit of jail time possibly a trip to The Big House for it You may get lucky if you get them paid up before you end up in court over this you could get off with a slap on the wrist for being a bad little girl. Writing bad checks is really dumb and a sure way of getting thrown in the poky.

07_ShelbyGT500

Guess you won't be getting any car loans or a mortgage anytime during the next 7 years or so. Congratulations on F'ing up your credit rating big time.

awommack

no idea

annastasia1955ca

You're in big trouble!!

kedra

I have learned from doing the same thing that you may get a check felony depending on what your state law is the bounty hunters came looking for me for a 5 dollar check i had to get my mom to bail me out it was horrific now i cant even get car insurance in my own name till I'm cleared. so find out what your state law is search the web for bad check writing laws in your state GOOD LUCK!

MissUrban

i dunno where u bank at but mine has bounce protection, if u get lucky enough to re-open another account elsewhere after all of this is over, make sure that u ask about it. but my advice to u is to try to pay off as much as u can so that the charges won't be so bad on u. and to not write checks out on things that u don't really need. it was better to do without the things that u wrote them out for because whatever u got with those checks, if u go to jail, then u won't be ejoying any of what u got from those checks anyway, so what's the use.

tallerfella

enjoy prison

Millie

That's just plain stupid.

Now this question (and the additional comment) can be used against you. I noticed by your profile that you identify yourself in several different ways. Under subpeona, that information can be obtained even if you change it now.

Wallstreeter

Great..now spend tax payer money too!
30 checks is bad...

jason b

met a dude in jail who was given 30 days to serve. He had 13 bad checks totaling around 3,000 in bad checks. good luck...

native

you could get probation or i think its only 1 year for a first offense

scruffycat

Jail time, nothing! I had a friend (a relative, really) who went to prison for that! She was there for about 3 years.

Walter J

That would depend on whether they prosecuted each one separately or collectively as one charge. Usually they let you plead to one and leave the others alone...in TX this will be a misdemeanor and would mean 6 months in jail and or a fine of up to 2500.
They might go easier on you if you returned the merchandise or paid the money back...
Good luck..

Barkley Hound

With 30 checks about 10 years.

trudi w

Dont think they will put u in jail 4 it, u will probably just have a load of charges from your bank

bullwinklejmoose

PLENTY!

EVY

and you probably have to pay a overdraft fee for every check too a minimum of 750 plus the amount of all those check that you wrote

steelmadison

amazing....... and on an open forum too.

30 checks? thats a serious, SERIOUS offense.

you are looking at 10 years.....easy.

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