Financial Crimes and FraudOffenses involving fraudulent financial transactions, embezzlement, forgery, insurance fraud, and misuse of checks and credit cards.
Over the last few months I wrote a couple checks on a closed account (Im a poor college student and had to pay some stuff off or wouldnt have a place to live or eat). The total of the checks with the fees of the business they were written to equal 378$. I had the oppourtunity to pay them off through pennsylvanias bad check restitution program but I cant afford it right now. So now it looks like charges will be filed against me for this. I am just curious as to what i can be charged with and what the outcome of the charges can be.
Find a way to make restitution. Getting convicted will not only result in a criminal conviction, fines and court assessments, you'll almost certainly be ordered to pay restitution anyway.
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