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Originally Posted by Ron Mullinax
Hello, actually this attorney has the right to do what he is doing. The check cashing store accepts checks based on the company and not the payee. Yes many time old checks are thrown out and not destroyed making that company lible. Then and old scam is the employee cash the check then reports the check lost to their employer and employee now gets two checks, The employer stops payment and the check cashing company is told to basically get loss. The holder on the check is indeed a "Holder in Due Course' and can sue.
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That is a completely different scenario than the one in the article. It is never legal to counterfeit or steal checks then try to collect on them. The article also shows he has a history of criminal activity. That has absolutely nothing to do with an employee trying to cash two payroll checks.
BTW, I don't know about the check cashing places you visit, but where I am, you are not getting paid just because the check came from a certain company. You better be prepared to show several forms of ID, and you will be tracked down if you pull the kind of scam desribed above. The company would be in the clear, and most banks post notices that a person cashing a check is responsible for the authenticity of that check. In fact, most checks go through the system so quickly now, the scam is highly unlikely after the mandatory waiting period before a new payroll check would be issued.
