false police reporting

What is the name of your state? Washington

What happens when a person files a false police report? This person had false deposits and actual cash withdrawals on thier atm/savings account. They did not make these deposits or withdrawals but under pressure gave their card to someone who did. That person ran up the account to almost $4,000. The bank said the person should file a police report and come in and talk to them after. They told the truth to the bank person and now have to inform the police. What will happen to them?

Tra said:

What happens when a person files a false police report?

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If they get caught, and it can be proven that the person intentionally made a false report to the police KNOWING it to be false, then the DA might decide to prosecute. But these prosecutions are rare as the burden of proof is very high.

This person had false deposits and actual cash withdrawals on thier atm/savings account. They did not make these deposits or withdrawals but under pressure gave their card to someone who did. That person ran up the account to almost $4,000. The bank said the person should file a police report and come in and talk to them after. They told the truth to the bank person and now have to inform the police. What will happen to them?

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No one can say. Maybe nothing, maybe prison ... it all depends on what actually happened, and a whole lot of details that none of us could possibly know.

And your statement makes it kind of tough to figure out WHAT is going on ... what "person" said or did what to what other "person"?

- Carl

filing a false police report

What happens when a person files a false police report? Person A had false deposits and actual cash withdrawals on thier atm/savings account. They did not make these deposits or withdrawals but under pressure gave their card to Person B. Person B ran up the account to almost $4,000. The bank said Person A should file a police report and come in and talk to the after they get a case number. Person A told the truth to the bank person. Should person A inform the police that the report was false? Can Person A call the police and say the report is not necessary now? What will happen to them?

So ... Person A really did not have any "false" transactions, they simply gave their ATM card to someone who used it?

What did they report to the police? Did they accuse person B of stealing their card?

You're still not being clear here.

However, the overall answer doesn't really change. No one can predict what WILL happen. What MIGHT happen can include the filing of criminal charges, or nothing ... it could mean jail, or prison time, or a serious dressing down. It depends on whether they falsely accused someone of theft or not.

Bottom line? No one can say for sure. Whoeevr made a report to the police should consider consulting an attorney ASAP.

- Carl

What is a false deposit?

MyHouse said:

What is a false deposit?

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A fake check. Seems like OP was pressured into allowing this illegal activity on her account. Pressure could mean anything from being threatened with bodily harm to having someone whine at you until you cave....

I'm going with the whining ... but, there just seems to be something missing here. It SOUNDS like the party loaned the card to someone (probably family) and that person ran up a lot of debt that the cardholders defaulted on or couldn't pay. When confronted with this, it sounds like they made a report that someone falsely accessed the account ... then, for whatever reason, they came clean at the bank saying that this other person who had the card used it, and the person had their tacit permission.

By itself that doesn't necessarily mean they made a false report. if they gave substantially truthful information, they should be okay. But if they said a mystery person did it when they, in fact, knew that this friend or family member did, then they could be in trouble.

- Carl