Personalised Checks

At age 32, she’s pulling that kind of crap? He’d be doing her a favor by pressing charges. The bank and the stores are secondary. I would defintiely press charges, even if it was my daughter.

If they give him his money back, THEY will press charges against her. He won’t have to. Otherwise he loses everything.

I would have a hard time pressing charges against a family member unless they did this repeatedly. However I agree that the bank and stores should be partly for not checking ID.

I would press charges…Under the UCC, the bank is responsible if it accepts a check over a forged endorsement, but unless they voluntarily give your uncle back his money the amount is probably too small to make it worthwhile for him to sue the bank.

If he had of pursued the legal route, it would have cost him so much more than he lost and the lawyers and courts would be making his hard earned money. I believe that he did the right thing by choosing not speak with her. He will re-evaluate his situation with her as time goes on. By his actions, he is making her think, and if and when they do speak again, he will probably demand restitution and an apology. If not, it is a $500.00 lesson somewhere, even in terms of using a ’safe’ for all of his personal stuff and he is not shelling more out just to teach a lesson or ‘get even’.
Depending on policies, what bank arrangements your uncle had, etc, the responsibility is ultimately, although it could be argued, with your Uncle…but then again, that part is up for debate upon discovery of those arrangements.

I think I would abide by what the uncle wanted to do. I think if he wanted to press charges he would. I also think he needs to lock up his checks.

I guess it depends. If the person repaid the amount stolen, I would probably not press charges (since they are family) but they would take a long long time to ever regain my trust in them (as if it was serious, they should know merely to ask and I’d help, and otherwise, they betrayed your trust for something so minor, so have no respect for you)… If they were younger (18 or younger) I would impose some sort of penalty on them (community service of a sort for a set period of time, to try and help them learn to be better than such things as theft).

It’s up to your uncle whether to press charges or not. It’s a family matter and not the business of anyone else. If I were in his shoes, I’d probably have done the same thing. My children are dear to me and if they choose to steal from me it’s my problem.