General Power Of Attorney Question

[kmaunz]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY

I was given a General Power of Attorney for a friend who was deploying with instructions to bring his gf to NY. I was doing that, but, made an error in his check register and thought there was more money in the account, due to this checks had bounced and two accounts went into the negative, I paid the checks, and the negative account and am still paying on one negative account out of my pocket, his chain of command told him I was stealing his money and he could have me arrested, at that time I resigned as his POA and have had nothing to do with his account, they also told him if I signed his name to checks he could have me arrested for forgery. I have spoken to many people and they have said I did nothing wrong, even when I paid myself out of his account for money he owed to me, and sent me instant messages saying it was ok to pay myself back, but, his command is saying he can have me arrested for stealing and for forgery, can he do that? Others say no because he gave me GPOA? I was also told this would be a civil suit not a criminal suit but I see online that alot of people get arrested for this, for buying houses, cars, spending their money on vacations, I obviously didn't buy any of the sort, but, I"m still worried because what everyone tells me contradicts what I'm reading.

Also, all of this happened a year ago...is there a time line on something like this?

[seniorjudge]

This has nothing to do with military law.

Anyway, make certain that you can account for every single cent of his money.

Also make sure that you have paid restitution for all the damage you caused.


I was given a General Power of Attorney for a friend who was deploying with instructions to bring his gf to NY

I am curious about this; explain what you mean.

[kmaunz]

I have kept all conversations we had via email, and instant messenger, and I have printed bank statements from my account showing the m oney came from my account to pay for any debts that were caused from my mistake...and the explanation for that is...his girlfriend was living in Alaska, and he wanted me to move her to NY and get her set up here for when he came back, so I was instructed to move her from Alaska, to NY, however, un known to me she was a soldier's wife, so when his chain of command started to question him about this, of course he said he wasn't trying to move her to NY because then he would have gotten into trouble, therefore they tried to tell him I was stealing his money...he lied to them to keep from getting into trouble, but, I just want to ensure that I have done nothing criminal that he can come back to me on...thanks for your advice