My parents have a room in MHADA, Borivali area. A lady, who deals in MHADA rooms told us that she will sell our room, and will get us a FLAT in return, all we have to do is give her the amount we will get when we sell the room. And plus we will have to pay some more amount for new flat.
Agreeing to this, we sold the room, she gave us 6 lakhs cash for it. Next day she took those 6 lakhs back plus we gave her 2 lakhs more, total 8 lakhs. She said we will get a flat in a month. It has been 2 years now, she has not returned a single penny of those 8 lakhs, nor gave us a new flat.
I however, have the possession for that MHADA room, but she has taken the papers and signatures from my mother to transfer the ownership.
That ladys phone is off, no sign of her. All i have is on a stamp paper written that she has taken 8 lakhs from us, with her signature, and some blank cheques that she has given to us.
If we deposit those cheques, court will ultimately give her time to pay back, which she will never do, and she told us upfrontly that if u complain to the cops, your money is gone, she said she will give a share to cops and they will never investigate further.
After spending 8 lakhs, we dont have more amount to spend for hiring a lawyer and fighting a case, because ultimately she has kept her collar clean as its nowhere mentioned on paper that we sold her the room, its just mentioned that she has taken cash from us for some personal use.
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR THIS SITUATION NOW? HOW CAN I GET MY MONEY BACK?

I am planning of filing for bankruptcy ch. 7 in California. Ive been calling various lawyers around the area, and most are expensive. So I called this one place that is far from where i live but they are the cheapest and I asked the lawyer questions about my situation and if I could leave two cards out and he said yes and I told him well I owe 0 on one of them and he said oh yes you can leave that one out. But other lawyers ive consulted with have said no i have to put in the bankruptcy. Is this true? and the fishy part about this guy he said also "I can go to your house for your convience or meet you at a Starbucks I meet most of my clients there." What do you guys think of this situation? Thanks Everyone for answering.

Around october last year when i was 17. I hung out with people i shouldnt have and i made a stupid decision for them and tried to steal alcohol, and was caught before i walked out of the store. the officer came and wrote me a ticket for stealing. i went to court plead guilty, paid a fine and went on..I didnt know what else to do.

Now i am 18 and Just recently i was in a different store and was looking at BUYING some golf balls and grabbed 2 sleeves of balls i was going to buy and 1 sleeve i was going to ask my friend about.. i walked around a bit and was going to swing a club to just test it. and out of habit put the sleeves of balls in my jacket pocket with the zippers OPEN..and when i was done i had just forgot about them. I then walked to the front area of the store looking for my friend and didnt see him so went back to look for him. and the store manager came up to me and asked me to come to the front and i had then realized id forgotten about the balls and tried to explain to him i was going to buy them. I know it looks super guilty but i wasnt stealing them. so the officer came and wrote me a ticket for stealing. i have another court date..and this time im planning on talking to an attorney. what will happen? If the lawyer can get this one cleared will i be ok? If not what will my consequences be? And also does a small misdemenour charge on your record look really bad to an employer in the future even since it was so long ago?
I stole once..and have completely changed this was a totally unlucky thing.

Basically, my friend’s father is a really hardworking man who has been facing a lot of financial situations during his lifetime, as my friend told me. His father is a dump truck driver in Ontario and he had two trucks. One didn’t function well so he sold that. Unfortunately, his second truck got stolen, he’s thinking it’s the same guy who he bought it from. He’s in a major struggle at the moment and has insurance on it. He paid off the truck he bought from the guy around k but he also has no evidence of it, no invoice or anything because he thought he could trust him and then this
happens. Insurance is giving k for the stolen truck but for the better person, either my friend’s father or the person he bought the truck from. The guy had cheated him and he’s mostly likely receiving the money, due to the fact that my friend’s father has no evidence of paying him off, he has a very less chance of winning it. He also spoke to the guy he bought it from, and he said he doesn’t care and that he will see him in court. My friend’s father is a such hardworking person and always struggled in his life and I am feeling very sorry for him and my friend. Is there any way that he can prove to the judge to win the money to help pay off his debts? His truck was stolen but they don’t know who to believe, the guy or my friend’s father, the case seems complicated and there deciding on the court date on who will win. He only has evidence of him paying k to the guy but not the other k. Is there anyway he could win? My friend’s father is broke because of that guy because he depended on that truck for his work and now this. If only God can see this. Please help my friend! Anyone that’s a lawyer that can give advice on what to do on the situation, please, the money is going in the wrong hands.

My best friend took his car ( which he still owed money on) into a used car dealership and they told him they would take his car pay it off and trade it in for a new one, he drove off the lot with a new car that day. They called him a month later and financed him for the car at a lower interest and a lower payment and to come and resign. So he did…. 30 days later he got a call saying that he now owns both his trade in and the new car. That means two cars and now two loans…. What laws are there agains this…. does he have any resitution on this ??? Does he need to hire a lawyer?

I’m being charged with grand larceny in the 3rd. this is a huge mess. I used state health insurance to try to work through psychological issues. Now DSS is saying that my husband makes more money then stated on the application (and on his paystubs and on our tax return). because of this they are saying that all the benifits used are stollen and therefore they are charging me with larceny. I am going to be arrested on Thursday. i have a lawyer and I have had past arrests but no jail time. I live in NY. I’m 26 and have a 6 year old. Can my lawyer try to make a deal to avoid jail time? Any idea what I should logically expect to happen? If i go to jail my daughter will go to Pakistan and i’ll never see her again. I never meant to commit fraud, this is all very scary and my husband isn’t doing anything to help.

What would be the proper course of action to find out if a lawyer mishandled or commited fraud in the estate of a 90 year old woman whose children now find there is no money where there once was over a million dollars just in the bank two years ago?
Also, the 90 year old mother still lives alone. The attorney will not talk to any of the children claiming client confidentiality. The mother will not show any bank statements to her children when she used to do. She says to leave the "nice man" (the attorney) alone.

I heard from my teacher that he has a friend that won a nice car and living room sets on the gameshow called The Price Is Right this was 2 years ago. He told us that when you win a certain things on that gameshow behind the scene without the people knowing you’ll be encountered with a lawyer telling you that you must pay for all those prize.

Okay, so this is the story so you can understand it fully and i can get the right answers.
Me and my friend were at a guys house and they were on ectasy. The kid told us before we got there he would give us gas money because we didnt have any to come to his house in the 1st place. so after being at his house drinking and hangin out we wanted to leave. We asked him for the gas money and he wouldnt give it to us. We were feeling uncomfortable and just wanted to leave and we saw that his wallet was on the table. So we took it.. left and went right the the gas station down the street. we used his debt card and paid for the gas at the pump, we decided we wanted ciggs and went inside to buy them… after we left we were pissed at the guy because he was one of our good friends and he was being a complete jerk also he stole 200 from my brother a month before so we thought we could get him back. We thought maybe we could get some stuff at walmart.. filled up the shopping cart tried to pay and it didnt go thru.. we figured he didnt have enough money considering we were trying to purchase 400 worth of stuff. so we decided to leave and proceeded to go home. We thought we should try ONE more time.. at CVS grabbed shampoos and makeup and it went through.. but only spend 100 somthing. 3months later i get a call from a detective calming they have video evidence of me and my friend and trying to interagate me on the phone. i denied everything and that was it, he couldnt get ahold of my friend but i did. and told her that he was trying to get ahold of me.. she told me to tell him we dont talk anymore so it might be hard to get ahold of her. So the detective kinda just left me alone after that.. he called acouple more times asking to talk to my friend but i went to a lawyer and had him call the police to tell him to stop get in contact with me without him. What can me and my friend get charged with and could it be really bad?.. this is our first time weve ever been introuble. let me know what you think about it..
THANKS!!

This is a situation that my friend is going through. Please, no bashing or anything, but wed like to know some real options and real information. Thanks

Seth and Jin were in business together and had a business account that was under both the name of the business and Seth’s name. Jin was in charge of filing taxes and did them, and sent them in. Recently Jin moved out of the country to go back to school in his home country and sold his half of the business to Seth. Before leaving, Jin wrote a couple checks to himself from the account mentioned above. Now, Jin and Seth did talk about this and it was not a problem. It has been a few months now, and Jin just found out that the IRS did not recieve the tax return and the company is being audited. Seth, thinking that Jin "screwed" him, pressed charges for fraudulent check writing.

Seth is convinced that Jin betrayed him, but he did not.

What are his options? What is the penalty? Would it help to get a lawyer?
The fraud is that Jin wrote and cashed checks under an account with his only his partners name and the name of the company. Seth was aware and okay with the fact that Jin did that under the promise that the money would be paid back, but it looks suspicious now because Jin cashed the checks, then moved out of the country, and now the IRS is auditing the business saying the tax returns never came in. It looks bad on Jins part, but its all coincidence. The tax forms obvioudly got lost in the mail.

On 3/1/10 I signed up for a gym membership with Snap Fitness, which is a 24-hour gym. I liked the idea of a 24-hour gym because my schedule is not like most people’s 9-5, I usually do not get off work til around 1 am, the membership was .95 a month for both my sister and I. I told the gym employee that I was not sure how long I would be able to go to the gym, I was planning on moving within a year, so he told me that it would be month-to-month, which little did I know he wrote 1 year on my contract. Fast-forward to about a month and a half ago, Snap Fitness was bought out by a company named Super 5 Express Fitness. This gym was no longer 24-hours, it was only open from 7am-9pm, which was clearly not going to work for me, it was also only a month for members. I went into the gym and explained my situation, which they said there was nothing they could do for me. I went home and dug out my contract with Snap Fitness, and in the terms it states "Club Unavailability- If any of the services or facilities described in this agreement become unavailable or are no longer fully operational, I am only liable for the portion that was available for the public to use while this agreement is in effect…" Well, in my opinion, the club is no longer fully operational and the services are no longer available because I signed up for a 24-hour gym, which is stated in the contract. I went back in the gym and explained and, they again gave me the same run around that there was nothing they could do. Well, I gave up and felt that I needed to pay the 0 cancellation fee, but decided to freeze my account for a month so I could save up the money. Fast-forward to 2 days ago, I looked at my bank statement after I froze my account and I was still charged the .95 so I went back in furious. The employee told me that there was nothing he could do and he would have the manager call me. Well, I never received a call so I went in today and demanded to speak the manager and he told me he would put the money back in my account and would give me 2 free personal training sessions. "Free personal training sessions?!?!?! I do not even go to the gym any longer." Then the manager said that he would reverse my refund and keep the .95 and that he was trying to do me a favor. Isn’t that fraud? What can I do? I would just pay the 0 cancellation fee but I do not want to give in to them. I was paying 44.95 for a 24-hour gym, how is it that everyone else in that gym is only paying 9? Is there anything I can do to stand up to these monsters?

My parents have a room in MHADA, Borivali area. A lady, who deals in MHADA rooms told us that she will sell our room, and will get us a FLAT in return, all we have to do is give her the amount we will get when we sell the room. And plus we will have to pay some more amount for new flat.
Agreeing to this, we sold the room, she gave us 6 lakhs cash for it. Next day she took those 6 lakhs back plus we gave her 2 lakhs more, total 8 lakhs. She said we will get a flat in a month. It has been 2 years now, she has not returned a single penny of those 8 lakhs, nor gave us a new flat.
I however, have the possession for that MHADA room, but she has taken the papers and signatures from my mother to transfer the ownership.
That ladys phone is off, no sign of her. All i have is on a stamp paper written that she has taken 8 lakhs from us, with her signature, and some blank cheques that she has given to us.
If we deposit those cheques, court will ultimately give her time to pay back, which she will never do, and she told us upfrontly that if u complain to the cops, your money is gone, she said she will give a share to cops and they will never investigate further.
After spending 8 lakhs, we dont have more amount to spend for hiring a lawyer and fighting a case, because ultimately she has kept her collar clean as its nowhere mentioned on paper that we sold her the room, its just mentioned that she has taken cash from us for some personal use.
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR THIS SITUATION NOW? HOW CAN I GET MY MONEY BACK?

A just bought this new car and got a great price for it…agreed to the terms and signed the contract…so I thought…They put the paperwork in an enveloped and went home…3 weeks later I opened my envelope and the contract in the envelop was different than the one I signed but it had my signature… I called the dealership and they said a contract is a contract and that is it…. I remember when I asked the finance guy what is my final price and he circled the final price, but yet the one they gave me had no circle and the price went up 2000 more than I agreed… but I have no proof what can I do??? and they refuse to show me the original…
I would like to avoid getting a lawyer, so in short of getting one what can I do????

I got pregnant by a guy that I didn’t know, at the time, had entered the country illegally. We lived together for awhile, and I recieved Medicaid for myself and my son (I had never used my own). At the time of application, I had provided all income for our whole household, even though my boyfriend did not qualify, based on legal status, to recieve any benefit. He has since then moved out. He is still on my case, as I do not want to seek child support and risk his deportation. Regardless of his status as illegal, he is a very good father who provides for his child and helps pay my bills while I am in school full time. However, I just recieved a phone call from the Department of Jobs and Family Services that he has unreported income. I was surprised because he has always brought his pay stubs to me to turn in to them so that my son may continue to have medical coverage while I am a student. Apparently he has another job that I was unaware of, and with that additional income, pushes us way over the guidelines. Because my name is on the account, they want to press charges. He has told me that he will pay whatever benefits back that they claim I have used, but I am confused in the whole situation. The woman that I spoke with said it was very easy to discover that he had additional income, and apparently has had it for quite some time. I don’t understand why they would wait so long to prosecute me when they could have just denied my application long ago.
Please don’t make this an immigration debate as his case is not the typical running across the border. Although we are not together, we still have an immigration lawyer who has been working with us to get him legal status (he was basically smuggled into this country by friends of family at a very young age). My caseworker has told me by suing for child support I would be free and clear of charges, however our immigration lawyer has stated that most likely this would lead in the deportation of my son’s father. I don’t even know if they will press charges if all is paid back, and I am not even sure of the amount, because I only recieved medical for my son.

Ok about for yrs ago I got arrested by my mother I was locked up for a month. While I was locked up my mother filled out an online form for a Capital one card in my name, I didn’t find out till about a yr later.. Some she used the address we lived at the time been trying to fight this for some time now I got a letter from a local lawyer to go to court I fought that and he dismissedt. I tryed calling eqifax,capital one and they can do anything i get no help.. this is on my credit report and want it off a/s/a/p i would file a police report on my mom but fell bad cause shes homeless now. But any help here with this my credit is shot cause of her and i want to buy a house soon.. thank you…

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080303175301.aspx
TWC founder and global warming skeptic advocates suing Al Gore to expose ‘the fraud of global warming.’

The Weather Channel has lost its way, according to John Coleman, who founded the channel in 1982.

Coleman told an audience at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change on March 3 in New York that he is highly critical of global warming alarmism.

“The Weather Channel had great promise, and that’s all gone now because they’ve made every mistake in the book on what they’ve done and how they’ve done it and it’s very sad,” Coleman said. “It’s now for sale and there’s a new owner of The Weather Channel will be announced – several billion dollars having changed hands in the near future. Let’s hope the new owners can recapture the vision and stop reporting the traffic, telling us what to think and start giving us useful weather information.”

The Weather Channel has been an outlet for global warming alarmism. In December 2006, The Weather Channel’s Heidi Cullen argued on her blog that weathercasters who had doubts about human influence on global warming should be punished with decertification by the American Meteorological Society.

Coleman also told the audience his strategy for exposing what he called “the fraud of global warming.” He advocated suing those who sell carbon credits, which would force global warming alarmists to give a more honest account of the policies they propose.

“[I] have a feeling this is the opening,” Coleman said. “If the lawyers will take the case – sue the people who sell carbon credits. That includes Al Gore. That lawsuit would get so much publicity, so much media attention. And as the experts went to the media stand to testify, I feel like that could become the vehicle to finally put some light on the fraud of global warming.”

Earlir this week i tried to trade in my 2003 ford f-350 and i thought it had 122000 miles on it the dealer i was dealing with look at the car fax on my truck and found a indescpancy in the milage on november of 2007 it showed to have 94775 mile and then on july 2008 it showed 94528 miles and thats around the time i bought the truck and on all my papers it shows that the truck had 94528 miles i contacted the dealer from where i got the truck asper my lawyer and they were tellin me thats its normal for this kinda stuff and it wont heart me or the value of my truck i have not contacted my lawyer yet iv had the truck a year and nine mounths but still idk what else to do

I received a pre-approved loan letter in the mail an went online an applied an was referred to my local office. I took a few documents i was told to bring an within 2 hours was given a high interest loan.Which im ok with..I went home an setup my online account with them etc. I received my first bill friday directed to my local office like normal.Today i received a letter in the mail from citifinancial regrettfully declining my loan.

My question is because one was done online an completed in my local office should i assume the decline letter was just a online routine letter for a application not completed online? And how often is a application accepted an check given out an 2 weeks later they decline it? Or is that even legal for them to do? Thy money already spent on a new roof,so not like i can give it back 2 weeks later..My local office is closed an the main office has no info but says i can probably ignore it.

Another question i have is if i to the best of my knowledge filled out a loan app. an they percieved me as being untruthful can they default me after the fact or sue me for fraud? Not that any of these things happened .I own my own home although i pay someone back who gave me the money to pay it off and ive been at same co for 24 years an gave them my check stub, an drivers license.Just thinkin of every reason they may have declined me after the fact if at all.probably worrying over nothing but still …worrying …ADVICE? OPINIONS…

well to make a long story short i had an account with Bank of America and someone stole 12,000 out of it in another country while i was in the states. i didn’t even have 20 in my account let alone 12,000. the made 4 transactions of 3,000 so why did bank of America let them do it if i didn’t have it. yes i filed a claim but the still blamed it on me. so my question is what kind of lawyer do i need and how long do i have to find a lawyer(i know ASAP but do i have a time limit)

My dad married this woman four years ago or so. He got a Power of Attorney. He said they got one because she could use his money in emergency situations. Instead, this woman went behind his back got herself her own apartment and opened credit cards up in his name and had those bills sent to her apartment, so my dad wouldn’t find out. Once my dad found out about it, I don’t know how, they divorced. She stole all this money from him behind his back and now my dad has been in financial trouble but is still making it. My dad is a banker and says that he decided not to go to court with her because of the court fees and the months it would take to solve the case. Is there anyway around this, so my dad doesn’t have to pay for a lawyer or court fees since she stole most of the money, even though it is a Power of Attorney. He says the Power of Attorney was supposed to be used for emergency situations and he trusted her with it, but she went behind his back. Please explain what the Power of Attorney is used for in marriage a little bit better and what can my dad do about this? They have been divorced for three years now, but is it even worth it to try to go to court after all these years?
My dad has been in banking and knows about this stuff, but he just doesn’t like talking about this situation with me. I know he was competent at the time to sign it. He told me not to tell anyone, but I actually heard from my aunt about this situation first. I don’t know why he doesn’t want me to tell anyone about this situation, because I could get advice from my friends about it too. Maybe if I talk to my aunt about this situation again we can pay for all the fees and get that woman back.

hi i bought 14 items from lolita4321 on ebay.com, i gave her my measurements. She sent all 14 items 2 months later, i received the items on the deadline for feedback and dispute resolution. I had begged her to send it even at that date because she said i was being hasty?! I told her it has already been 2 months. She sent them. ALL SIZES COMPLETELY WRONG, 10 times bigger than me, zippers broken, items made not as described.
So then i told her this and she played dumb and kept saying send the pictures. At first i was so upset and i did not send any pictures, she offered me ONLY 100 dollars and i paid her 700 dollars!! Then i filed a dispute and claim with ebay and paypal. Paypal dropped the claim saying they do not deal with "Not as described items" Then i had filed a claim with Econsumer.gov. I finally gave up and took a picture and used a standard size dress that fits and placed it on the floor next to the dress she made. It was 10 times bigger, she emailed me back saying I AM LYING, that is a CHILDS DRESS NOT MINE. Then i wore it and showed it to her. Now she believed me then she refused to help me saying she is going on vacation, bye!
and that was it, please anyone help me. i have sold over 368 items on ebay and have 100% positive feedback. This seller sells LOLITA dress from CHINA and i have noticed if she does get negative feedback it dissapears in a couple of days, it gets revised. Which is NOT possible.
Where can i get a lawyer, i lost 700 dollars and she is out vacationing, she could care less. And yes i have emailed the ebay trust and safety team several times and also filed claims there. Please help me anyone!!
To shiori, i paid using my checking account through paypal and the dispute i opened had only two options, not shipped or not as described. I picked not as described and they dropped the claim saying it has been more than 45 days since she took more than 60 days to send and also they said they do not cover NOT AS DESCRIBED items. The seller is out vacationing, i tried to negotiate she blew me off saying its the weekend so whatever.

Ok, here’s the situation…
My husband and I have been having problems for quite sometime and he is the sole bread winner. I told him that I will not leave with "nothing" as I contributed and worked during the marriage. He told me that instead of getting lawyers involved ( he feels THEY will get all of our money) that he would take out a loan on prosper.com and give me the money so that I may have a nest egg for myself.

I guess he didn’t think I would really leave because right after I withdrew the money he threatened to call the police and have me arrested for fraud, saying that he had no knowledge of the loan and that I took it out without his permission. What is going to happen??? Can I really get in trouble or is it his word against mine?

Thanks
The loan is in his name ONLY. I did not sign anything, all I did was withdraw the money from our joint bank account that was deposited by the loan company, prosper.com
I’m not in a community property state unfortunately! I love in New York…lawsuit capital of the world. I am just worried that I’m going to get in trouble somehow, his sister called me and told me he contacted the loan company and Experian and told them I defrauded him. Lovely guy, isn’t he?
No, he never signed any papers from Prosper.com, it was just an acceptance over the internet.

I need advice from Law Enforcement. I was scammed for ,000 by a guy who used a fake name and said he was from a company that he wasn’t associated with. He had an e-mail address that looked like it came from the real company, phone number the works. I wired the money to a B of A account which he setup with a stolen ID and has since moved the funds to one of those offshore gold accounts. I even looked up his IP address from his e-mails he used something called a proxy server to make it look like he was in different cities.

My lawyer wants a fortune to go after him and doesn’t think he will catch up with him. I have contacted the FBI and they don’t investigate crimes this small and referred me to my local police department.

Is it worth going to my local police? I am wondering if they will investigate something like this if it involves other states and countries? Is it worth the effort and what are his likely consequences ff caught.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
How do you go about finding someone like this that has covered their trail in this manner?

Somebody e-mailed saying that her father deposited money in the bank and she asked me to be her foreign guardian since her father said this deposit can transferred to only foriegner. Then I got mail from bank(United Trust Bank of London), saying everything she was saying was correct. Then she introduced a lawyer to make the transfer. I know lawyer’s name and I sent him money. I know his phone number. Every document lawyer sent was fake,but I got to know that later. What shoul I do now???
I am still contacting with the people who scammed. I know his name and his telephone number. Does it help me?

My mother’s half sister is married with two children. She is a schoolteacher, and her husband is a driver. Besides their regular jobs, they rent a farm and work really hard on it. Recently, my aunt worked for her school’s principal (besides being a school principal, he had a small business). To employ her legally, he asked for her SSN and a copy of her ID. She worked part time for two months, then he dismissed her. It was a year ago. Yesterday, they received a letter from a bank. It said that she was a guarantor on the loan the principal obtained, and since he did not pay, she owed the bank FORTY THOUSANDS! That principal took her SSN and her ID, and he forged her signature (easy, because in her class she had to sign something constantly – notes to parents, plan lessons, and so on). Then the principal collected the money, divorced his wife and departed somewhere south! The guy who gave him the loan, surprise, surprise, is not working with the bank anymore as well! What should they do? They worked so hard for their money, on the land, and at their jobs. They bought a new track recently, to deliver the meat and food to the market. They saved to send their children to college. And, suppose they caught the guy who have the loan, and they guy would say: "Yes, yes, they came in to sign", or "I don’t remember, there were a lot of people coming". And they bought a new truck, the bank can say that they used the bank’s money for it. And if they hire a lawyer, and the lawyer takes even more than the bank asks? Please, help, because the principal is somewhere under a palm, drinking a cocktail on their whole life’s savings!