Easy enough. I had loaned the person money, and he was paying back monthly. Last year, I found a $2000 cash advance check in one of my credit card statements, obtained a copy of the cancelled check, and determined that this person had stolen the cash advance check and forged my name, and made the check out to himself. I confronted the person, who acknowledged forging the check, and promised to pay me back, but soon stopped paying altogether. I filed civil suit to cover the total amount, including the $2000 by forged check. The forged check was turned over to local police, who were ready to prosecute, but District Attorney's office did not want to pursue until civil case was out of way. Now that civil case has been dismissed by the bankruptcy, we are pursuing reopening the forgery case with local police and DA's office. If the DA's office will cooperate, then there is an excellent chance this person will be prosecuted of forgery, etc. So in addition to the amount of money loaned to the person, the person also obtained $2000 by forgery.

