I am 17 years old work for a restaurant called Frizzle’s. It is privately owned business local to Huntsville, AL. I have been there for 9 months now and like the work and the people decently. For the first few months I never really kept up with my money, but some people started complaining about being shorted money so I have been keeping very close track of it lately. I have noticed that I am missing approximately 4 hours or so on my last couple checks. I asked the managers about it and was told that due to a lot of employees taking a break on the clock, everyone is now being deducted 30 mins (allowed break time) out of every 4+ hour shift. Can they really, legally do this, or is that considered payroll fraud? I personally do not usually take a break when I work, and when I do I actually clock out. It’s not necessarily even the money issue that makes me mad, just the fact that I am flat out being screwed out of money for time that I put in money.
I am also pretty sure that the money that is deducted from our checks is not being reported on their tax records (although I have no proof of this). Since it is an individually owned business there is no corporate office or anyone I can complain to, so what I can do about the money that we are all being ripped off? I would rather avoid having to sue them, and I’m not interested in making thousands of dollars. I just want to be paid for the time I work. And I don’t want a bunch of lawyer and court fees just over a couple hundred dollars.

I am also requesting a copy of the record of all the hours I have worked since I have been there and a copy of every check stub (which from whata I read they legally have to give me if I request it and I KNOW they have it all on record somewhere).

Anyway I know this was long, but I appreciate any advice or information anyone can give me, especially like a civil lawyer or something. If you think you could help me out with a few questions long term please email me at penguinluvinman@yahoo.com

I had a "friend" send me two checks; I deposited them, but now, they are both withdrawn. I do not know if I can trace them or not. Can a lawyer help or would that waste my time & money? To whom do I report this to?

was reported several times for fraud waste and abuse, I also never told them I was denied workerscomp for being addicted to narcaodicts. I work under the table and dont report the earnings.
I did it to get out of payimg chid support. I was called into their doctors last year for a reevaluation
I was’nt to have one done till 2010. Could they be building a case ? Has anyone exs[erienced this
or of anyone who has and what was the out come ?
my status was Possible recovery to be reevaluated in 2010. I was friends with doctor who helped me get the disability I worked for him on the side it was also reported to social security by someone. How long will it take for the investigation to result in losing my benifits ? I was sent to their doctor a year a go and am still getting monthly checks. What will happen ?

Has anybody realized that even though identity theft is a huge cause for concern, some places are making it easy to do? For instance, my debit/credit cards state on the back "See ID" and NOBODY ever asks.. In some drive thru restaurants, you don’t need an ID or pin # for your debit card, not even a signature! Does anyone think this is bullsh*t? Also, some places are changing their policy on checks, where they just debit the account and void the check, but they never ask for ID or anything.. and the check doesn’t need to be signed.. Scary huh?

Someone I know has written alot of checks and her acct is way into overdrafts and she continues to write checks. Her family members have just held on to the ones she has written to them.

this is my parents case not mind. im helping them.
Ok. we used to have a restuarant in california for 10 years. my parents decided to sell it because of the stress. A freinds of my parents had move to tucson arizona, claiming that the house were a lot cheaper than in cali. my parents thought and knew this was going to be a good investment. Last year in december we moved here. My parents credit wasnt that good so he propose that he buy the house and we could live there. My dad gave him a check of 13,000 for the down payment. We have copies of thoses checks. On a recent visit that my parents did to there house… my parents wanted the papers of the house. This man gave them some copies and my mom went with a lady that is a lawyer to help her and it was said that this man NEVER GAVE THE DOWNPAYMENT AND IS A FRAUD MAN. he does this to people. My parents have tries to get help… but the people promise them so much… and in the end they DONT DO ANYTHING. PLEASE WE NEED A GOOD LAWYER!
PLEASE WE NEED A GOOD LAWYER. WE DONT MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. MY PARETS WORK SO HARD. 7 DAYS A WEEK AND THEY BEEN GOING TO PEOPLE AND NONE OF THEM HELP THEM. THEY SAY THEY HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEY CANT HELP.

PLEASE …. THIS IS FOR THEM NOT ME!

this is my parents case not mind. im helping them.
Ok. we used to have a restuarant in california for 10 years. my parents decided to sell it because of the stress. A freinds of my parents had move to tucson arizona, claiming that the house were a lot cheaper than in cali. my parents thought and knew this was going to be a good investment. Last year in december we moved here. My parents credit wasnt that good so he propose that he buy the house and we could live there. My dad gave him a check of 13,000 for the down payment. We have copies of thoses checks. On a recent visit that my parents did to there house… my parents wanted the papers of the house. This man gave them some copies and my mom went with a lady that is a lawyer to help her and it was said that this man NEVER GAVE THE DOWNPAYMENT AND IS A FRAUD MAN. he does this to people. My parents have tries to get help… but the people promise them so much… and in the end they DONT DO ANYTHING. PLEASE WE NEED A GOOD LAWYER!
PLEASE WE NEED A GOOD LAWYER. WE DONT MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. MY PARETS WORK SO HARD. 7 DAYS A WEEK AND THEY BEEN GOING TO PEOPLE AND NONE OF THEM HELP THEM. THEY SAY THEY HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEY CANT HELP.

PLEASE …. THIS IS FOR THEM NOT ME!

I took an extended break from a business I own stock in because of illness. Upon my return, I discovered what I am sure is multiple dishonest acts committed by a former partner. This partner was forced out of the business because of multiple problems; however, payroll fraud was never suspected. He took (stole) many of the records upon departure so I had the bank send copies of all checks written during the time period in question. AFter looking, I know something is wrong but cant put my finger on it. I think he was "creating" employees by using ss numbers off employment applications (yes, I know, that should not have even been asked on an employment app). I have gotten the W2s together, many of which were returned undeliverable, and am creating folders for each in which I am filing copies of paychecks. I then plan to start comparing endorsements looking for inconsistencies – PLEASE tell me where to go next – I’m kind of flying blind – so many records are destroyed like customer files that would make things easier – our tax burden is tremendous and I know wayyyyyyy inflated; but, the IRS will collect from whomevers got the money and that will be my 77 year old father (just his life’s work and savings) because the former partner is broke (naturally). We are tapped completely so I’ve got to be the one to do this – Could sure use any help out there. Thanks so much and God Bless.

I live in an area where door-to-door sales-people are very abundant due to a University whose students are trying to make money for tuition. I have purchased things from them before using checks, but with the Identity Theft problems going on, I feel like now it is a bad idea. What do you think?

My grandmother was named the personal representative of my father who died in 1992. I was a child when he died that is why she was named the PR. My sister and I are the only heirs to the estate.She lied to us and told us there was no money left and basically tried to scare us of from ever calling her again.
Anyways last year I found out she has been basically stealing the money from us all of these years.
This week I found out that while the estate was briefly closed for 2 years she received dividend payments from my dad’s stock She received about 8 thousand dollars in dividend payments and the checks were made out to her name – not the estate of my father. She hid this money from the court, from us AND FROM the IRS. I was looking for hard evidence because I want to start a criminal case against her.We are also trying to remove her as PR and need a concrete reason. My gut tells me this is theft and fraud. Can anyone confirm this?
Is this the concrete evidence I need?
Thanks!
Oh I also have the check numbers amounts and dates. The accountant at my dad’s company told me the they paid her directly b/c she told them my father had willed her everything ( not true). She basically pocketed the money and never told us or the court about it.

My brother-in-law’s ex wife filed paperwork with the child support division saying he had not paid her back child support. He had and had checks to prove it. Even so, the county kept taking it out of his checks, seized their stimulus check and will take their tax return this year. The county acknowledges that he has overpaid but because the ex-wife won’t return a document signed saying she was overpaid (because it would implement her in child support fraud) there is nothing that can be done.

Is there anything he can do to either have the overpayment credited to future payments or to be returned to him?

my recently recived a check in the mail for someones bill for 0. so he took the check, changed the name for whom the check was for and took it to a gas station and spent it. the check was already signed and everthing. he just changed the name. he got arrested for one day for it and has to go to court. the charges are felony for a ultering and publishing. a misdeminor for larceny. with up to 14 years jail for the felony. a fine and or jail for the other. this is his first time being in trouble. he has a clean background. him and his wife work, own a house and have a child. this is in michigan. he is willing to pay any fines. what are the chances of jail time? other people told us that they have known people who used cashed other peoples checks for thousands of dollars and only got a fine. so is he safe too?
honestly the county he is in the jail there is small and hardly ever has room. i would rather see the drunk drivers and murderers and rapist go in jail

I had 4 checks lost or stolen so i called & they told me that "I" called on aug 28th and changed my address !!! so my checks have been sent 2 another address. Now everytime you call they ask for all your info name,address,phone,ss#, & d.o.b?? so sounds like someone has all my info or its an inside job all they did was add a pin but its an inside job then thats not going to help? anybody know what i can do or does child support investigate? i dont want this to happen again and im concerned about id theft? i do have the address where the checks were sent but i dont want to go & get shot or something who know who it might be. another creepy thing is i also have 2 other checks (1 is my brother’s and the other is an insurance check) lost/stolen but these were sent to the correct address?????? any suggestions???

I need a lawyer to get washington mutual to return my calls, and get this taken care of. Someone cashed fraudlent checks on my bank account and i provided all my info to Wamu, like time sheets, check copies, … everything they wanted… and i call and i cant seem to get it taken care of… i want a lawyer to talk to them and represent me, call wamu and get this off my credit… btw its almost ,000. i did not do it and i have proof! i was at flipping work!!!!!!

best and helpfull answer will get the 10pts and my appreciation!

thanks,
sierra

I am NOT proud of this…but it happened. I fell into hard times a few months ago, almost ended up homeless, and had to take out 3 seperate pay-day loans for a total of ,600.00 combined. I was doing great there for awhile, paying the roll-over fees every two weeks, but it got to the point where I was falling behind on my other bills and we did not have enough money for gas, food, and our utilities. Finally I said screw it…I stopped paying on them. All the checks went to the bank…now I’m almost ,000.00 in debt. This is considered bad check writing and fraud, and I know I can go to jail for this.(I am able to make partial payments to these places, but since I was told that doing so would not stop addtitional fees and collection/legal proceedings, I chose not to–simply because I would rather use that money for food or gas if they’re gonna still try to come after me, anyways!) I know I’ve been reported to Chexsystems already, but what I really need to know is if they’ve already issued me a warrant?? it would suck big-time to discover this after getting pulled over by the cops for something dumb, like a tail light or speeding ticket…so is there anyone I can call discreetly to look up this info for me? And what should I do about my situation?
Yes I know…I’m extremely dumb and this is all my fault. I just need some good advice. Thanks.
I’m in Arizona, if anyone is wondering. I know the laws vary from state to state.

What are things you do in everyday life that prevent identity theft?
I have my name on all my cards without my middle initial, I do not sign the back. It says see photo ID. My legal signature ALWAYS has my middle initial on it. So if there is ever a dispute, I win! I ALWAYS take my mail containing checks to the post office. The red flag you pull up for the postman is a red flag for thieves too. They can take your check and alter it. Also, keep a gel pen in your checkbook, the gel can’t be lifted from your checks the way ballpoint ink can.

My fiancé took out a 0,000 life insurance policy when I became pregnant.

He appointed me the sole recipient of the funds if (Heaven forbid) anything were to happen to him. He has no other living family besides his brother who, coincidentally, is my fiancé's life insurance agent.

His brother is a sleaze (neglected their sick elderly father for years, wrote himself checks for large amounts of money from his disabled father's checking account, etc.), but my fiancé wanted to help him out by supporting his account base and need life insurance for himself to secure myself and the baby financially in the case of a crisis. He is otherwise estranged from him.

When my fiancé requested a copy of the insurance forms, we noticed that his brother had written in (in his own handwriting – obviously not my fiancé's) himself as the contingent when no contingent was assigned in the original agreement.

My fiancé contacted his Supervisor, but is this insurance fraud? Will his brother lose his job? Do we have any legal standing? What he did was wrong.

Any advice?

Thanks.

I sent K to McGee Investment Group in NC last March 2008 to invest on an East Plaza Development project in Kansas City, MO.

Here is what happened -

1.) McGee received my K
2.) McGee said he gave the K to the builder of the property in MO. (The plan was for me to receive 00/mo for two years plus the principle investment of K at the end of two years.)
3.) Two months later, Thomas McGee said there was a problem with the builder in MO.
4.) I sent numerous emails (for weeks) requesting information about the reason they had a problem in details.
5.) Finally, Thomas McGee said he had a private holding company (He will not tell me the name of the holding company) to buy me (investors of East Plaza development) out. He said he got the report from the holding company.
6.) Without any solid information or report, Thomas said the holding company offered me K to buy me out plus K at the end of two years after the project is completed in MO.
7.) I waited for months and sent emails and emails requesting him to send us the report. He gave me some bullshit stories like “My computer crashed”, “I completely forgot”, and “The report was sent” and I never got any report and the later he said “it must be lost in the PO”.
8.) Finally, we had enough and demanded K to be sent back to us. He said he would do that.
9.) Thomas changed stories like “due to the bad economy, we have to close all my properties in order to pay all of my investors including you”
10) This month (Nov), he said he has been sending checks and transferred funds to my investors all week and let me see where we stopped today where you money is located”
11.) I told him “I can have to talk to my attorney about this and he said “he would be welcomed to have your attorney to talk to my legal council about this”.

This whole thing forced me to work second job to pay for the K loan. I had a difficult finding attorney who will take action against them in NC from Dallas where I live.

Any advice what I need to do first? We REALLY need the K back!

Thank you!

A member of your family is commiting check fraud. They are signing checks made out to them from another family members checking acct. You find out, what do you do?
Checking acct. belongs to an elderly family member who suffered a stroke. Another family member knows of the monies in the victims acct. and begins to forge the elderly persons signiture to write checks to themselves for the $$$$. Hope that clarifies it for some.
This is a HYPOTHETICAL question.

A former neighbor of mine went to jail for drug possession and drug dealing. She cannot make bail and is facing a 20-30 year sentence. She is a Social Security recipient and has given her boyfriend power of attorney to cash the checks. I know she is not eligible to receive social security benefits while in jail but the checks keep coming. How and who do I report this to. I need to remain anonymous, at least in my own neighborhood.
I was able to get the date of incarceration and date of birth by following link from sheriff's office to county jail.

I recently donated to a few high school students regarding a scholarship program to pay up to ,000 for their education if they accumulated a certain amount of points over other students. For each magazine you order, the child would receive so many points. One child I did not order points from and instead gave the services a .00 donation. When the check went through the bank, it had been altered for .00. I compared it to the copy in my checkbook and could see how letters and numbers had tried to be changed. My bank is disputing the charges, but I chose to contact the company that was sending these children out. I told them I had cancelled all checks I had written to them and that I needed them to contact me about this situation or I was reporting their company for fraud. They've never contacted me, so I'm reporting them. The donation was made in California, but the company is in New Jersey. For this kind of situation, where do I go to report for fraud?

I live in CA and I work freelance. I have worked for several companies in L.A. over the past few years that all go through the same accounting office. All of these companies have cooked the books when it comes to the accounting. Some companies have even been late delivering checks on time and others have forced employees to fill out time cards with hours that have been determined in advance, regardless of how long anyone has actually worked. To top it off, most of the managers have a smug attitude about the whole process and believe it can continue indefinitely since there are so many people who wish to work in my field.

How can I report this in an effective manner? I wish to stop all this exploitation since it is wrong and most likely, illegal. Do I need to go to the state or federal level? Anyone with legal experience who gives me advice will be most appreciated!

as per our agreements, I am to pay for these services (medical insurance, dental insurance, etc. and child care) first and then he is to reimburse me for these services, not write a check directly to these services. The checks for med/den he leaves the “Payee” line blank, I write my name on the line and deposit these checks, but on the child care reimbursement check he filled out the name of the child care facility. I wrote my name next to it and deposited this check into my account. The bank accepted it, no big deal. I pay all my bills through bill pay. All the info is there, no checks to chase, or fill out, and I can better tack all my expenses. Now we are up for custody court hearings and his atty is claiming I committed check/bank fraud. Any thoughts on this???

I am a victim of internet scam for attempting to cash travler checks that were not real according to Irving,Tx police. Being charged for felony forgery. I didnt print of forge. Received thru UPS .

What sort of jail time would there be for social security fraud if you got sentenced.?? like what range of time??
Like Someone sending checks for social security from one house to another and taking the checks