Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

Fraud by Company

I applied for a job on monster.com for a work from home position. The company said they were an international company who needed somemone in the US to process their US partners checks and send the money to them in other countries. I took the job after signing a contract and providing a copy of drivers license. I have now learned that the company was comitting fraud and one of the checks I cashed the first check at ACE, but I was informed about two weeks ago by ACE that the check was returned to them unpaid. I have sent copies of all the information to the ACE including the envelope, e-mails, and the western union documents showing where I sent the money to. The company is now threating to take me to court for the money, even though the bank has informed me in reference to the other transactions which were deposited into the bank, that I am not the first person this has happened to and informed me not to worry. What should I do since this company said that they are protected under the uniform commercial code. They have even contacted the person whose account the check was drawn on and called me with them on the line, stating they are going to file charges against me, and I received this check in the mail by UPS. Please Help


Asked on 4/01/05, 6:09 pm

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Glenn M. Lyon, Esq. MacGREGOR LYON, LLC, Business Attorneys

Re: Fraud by Company

You need to contact local counsel as soon as possible. You need extensive legal advice, more than I can give in this forum.

If you would like to discuss any issues further, please feel free to contact my office. My contact information is below. Thank you.

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Answered on 4/02/05, 10:24 am


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