Did they stop it due to an error?
Or was it marked "insufficient funds"?
Brendan
Hi bb
Was the cheque in the name of Pepper or Bank of Scotland?
Brendan
No.Anyone writing cheques with insufficient funds is committing a criminal offence in Ireland. Section four of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act of 2001, which came into force August of 2002 makes it a criminal offence to issue a cheque with insuffient funds in the account to settle the cheque. Penalty can be up to 10 years in jail. Complaint should be made to the Irish Police.
Interesting observation RedOnion - this article quotes a Senior Counsel Martin Giblin:
"At Galway Circuit Criminal Court, one of the country's leading senior counsel, Martin Giblin, observed that it would come as a surprise to many people in business in Ireland that it was now a criminal offence to sign cheques when there were insufficient funds to cover them."
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