Hello there,

I have been named as a victim in a Federal Mail Theft Case and notice that I am "entitled to restitution." However, the court may decide not to issue restitution in the event that; defendant goes to jail, is a worthless bum with no assest with which to pay said restitution.

My money order was stolen, and the information altered to be payable to a stolen identity. After this,it was the cashed at a liquor store, then collected on by a bank in Dallas TX.

I was lucky enough to get onto the "Everett Newton Show" n local radio station 105.3, where Everett (an attorney licensed in the state of Texas) informed me that anyone who endorsed the back of said money order could be lined up as a target to be sued for the lost amount, as they cashed it.

My question is this. Should I file against the bank who cashed it, or the liquor store who initially took it in?

The bank keeps sending me to the Westen Union and visa versa, they are each pointing the finger at each other as the responsible party. The bank here in Dallas, keeps telling me that it is not possible to reimburse me directlyas they have to mail my information out to their corporate HQ in California, who then sends payment to Western Union who then finally pays me.

As I have been fighting this for nealy a year now, and have garnered local media attention via newspaper article, ( See story here http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues...ews/news2.html )
I am ready to file on either the liquor store or the bank.

Which one do I go after?

Any help/advice in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Note *For a full chronology of my claim, go to www.ripoffreport.com and look up the name of thebank mentioned in the above article.

Alex