What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TEXAS
I am a 68 year old citizen of Austin, Texas. Within the past two years, I have loaned a relative (by marriage) over $34,000 in the form of cash, checks, or payments through one of my credit cards. In repayment, 5 checks have been written and given to me or deposited into my account totaling $38,000. All checks for repayment have been returned to me as insufficient funds. The accounts the checks were written from never had the amounts available for the checks to be good. Is this a crime (against the elderly) punishable by prison time or is my only recourse to sue this individual to get some sort of justice, or possible recovery of my losses?
I am a 68 year old citizen of Austin, Texas. Within the past two years, I have loaned a relative (by marriage) over $34,000 in the form of cash, checks, or payments through one of my credit cards. In repayment, 5 checks have been written and given to me or deposited into my account totaling $38,000. All checks for repayment have been returned to me as insufficient funds. The accounts the checks were written from never had the amounts available for the checks to be good. Is this a crime (against the elderly) punishable by prison time or is my only recourse to sue this individual to get some sort of justice, or possible recovery of my losses?