Legal Question in Banking Law in Wisconsin

Intentionally writing a worthless check is a crime if the check was not postdated or not given for a past consideration (except a payroll check)


Asked on 12/07/15, 3:48 pm

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JAY Nixon nixon law offices

Not quite sure what you are asking here, but criminal prosecutions for issuance of a worthless check require proof of intent to defraud. There is a good argument that post dating a check places the recipient on notice that it is not good at the moment it is presented, but will become good by the future date. However, this is not to say that post dated checks could not still play a rule in fraudulent scheming, which is always illegal.

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Answered on 12/13/15, 4:37 am


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