New initiative will make it easier for bad check recipients to get their money. Linda Greener, of the Bad Check Restitution Program, holds a report form that would assist local merchants with bad ...

LOW ON CASH and limited in options, people sometimes resort to a stupid stunt. They pay for goods or services with a personal check, knowing their bank account doesn’t hold enough money to cover the ...

“How can I not have money in the bank? I still have plenty of checks.” It’s an old joke, but not so funny for local merchants. Unfortunately many people still believe they can write checks without ...

The Henry County State's Attorney Terry Patton announces new program targeting bad check writers. Henry County State's Attorney Terry Patton announced today (July 11) a special program to assist local ...

District Attorney Gary Lieberstein announced recently that the Bad Check Restitution Program has returned more than $100,000 in restitution during the past three years to local merchants and ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a lawsuit that public advocacy groups say could be important in clarifying whether for-profit government contractors can ...

When Colleen Truden campaigned for district attorney in 2004 she vowed to start a program that would crack down on bad-check writers and help the businesses they victimized.Last week Truden fulfilled ...

Prosecutors in some Maryland and Virginia counties have adopted a potent tactic to discourage check-bouncing: threatening writers with prosecution if they don't attend "bad check school" run by ...

CLAREMORE - Some area businesses can now put the "DA on their desktop" by utilizing a new bogus check collection program available through the Rogers County District Attorney's Office. Available in ...

HOBART I When Young Plumbing receives bad checks from customers, bookkeeper Karen Durham first calls the check writer and asks him or her to make good on their paper promise. If that doesn't work, she ...

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