Two years ago my ex boyfriend made a fake deposit in my bank account, it was about $1,200. It's a long story but I will keep it as short as possible, but will elaborate further if needed.

We were so called engaged, and he knew my pin to this particular bank. I have two bank accounts I keep most of my money at my credit union now but I had about 200 in the bank at the time not a large amount..

Anyway he deposited a blank envelope and the bank froze my account. To make a long story short because I will type forever lol I paid it off because I didn't want him to get in trouble at the time.. Dumb idea I know.

He got in trouble for theft and he got released after 2 weeks on 5 year community control for a different crime. He's back in jail currently for violating his probation.

I fell in love with a con artist, we broke months after the incident, FYI it happened it was 2008 its now 2010 of course but I wanted to know if there was anything I can legally do about the subject matter.

I just want my money back! I used my tuition money and he's been hiding from me ever since. I told my bank I wrote my pin on the back of my card that probably won't help my case because I didn't do that..

Will the banks still have the old ATM tapes from 2008? Sorry didn't mean to type so much I wanted to make it short.

Thanks for any helpful comments, this happened in Ohio

Hello m:

I missed the part when you lost money. All I heard about was the fake deposit going INTO your account. Tell me about how the money got OUT of your account, and how did HE take it?

excon

When I make a deposit in an ATM, some portion of the deposit becomes immediately available for withdrawal because I have other accounts linked to the deposit account. Is that what happened? Did he make a deposit then withdraw the money?

If that's the case and you want your money back, you will have to sue him. That means you will have to get proof that he did this. And I doubt if the bank will be able to provide such proof.

You know if you had stopped saying how sorry you were for typing so much ( those took over 1/2 of the post) and merely started the facts I may have understood what happened.

1. he deposited a fake check or a empty deposit slip into the bank. And withdrew money?

2. you paid the bank back since it was in your account.

You made a choice, you were suppose to call the police and give them all the info.

At best you can sue for him to repay, he will claim it was a gift to help him.

You will need to prove it was not a gift.

But to be honest, I don't see much of a chance of getting your money back, first it will be hard to prove in court. Second even if you win, most likely he has no money to pay you anyway

Excon when he made the fake deposit in the amount of 1200, he took some of the money out that was available.

He didn't withdraw the whole amount but because that's how much the deposit was, I had to repay it back.

I willingly paid it back to my bank and I wish I would have handled it differently.

I came to this site because I wanted some advice before I contacted a lawyer, which would cost me more money, and like Chuck stated I know he does not have it.

He has offered to pay me back whenever I can catch him but nothing yet

He stole a credit card from someone else and is still struggling with paying her, I think that's why he's in jail today because he couldn't make payments.

Thank you both for your answers, and Chuck I didn't realize I said sorry as many times as I did.

Good day

Scott sorry I'm just now seeing your response It didn't show up before, yes that is what happened.

I have no proof if the bank won't provide the courts with the ATM footage, unless I get him on tape.. Its probably nothing I can do, I just hope he gets what he deserves for the current crime he's being charged with.