Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Tennessee
scam trouble
Situation is: my friend owns a business, a client that we both know came to the store and asked my friend if she would cash a check in the amount of almost 5,000 dollars. my friend complied and went to the bank, cashed it and gave her client the cash. a couple of days later my friends' bank told her that the check was no good and she had to pay the money back,she did out of her own pocket.she then told her client that she needs her money back.well turns out the client sent 3 thousand of it to someone because she got a letter telling her that if she sent that money to them then they would send her 200 thousand back to her.the client was scammed and so was my friend.the client says she does not have to pay that back to her.what i am asking is what rights does my friend have and if that client is obligated to pay that money back.the check was made out in the client's name.the scam artists did a pretty good job covering their tracks.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: scam trouble
My opinion is that the client is responsible for the money. Good luck to your friend.
Re: scam trouble
It seems likely that the client is responsible for the money. Tennessee has a returned check law that may provide some assistance to your friend in recovering this money.
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