Forged signature on paperwork.

[helpme O wise1]

What is the name of your state? WASHINGTON

I have someone who signed my name on a copy of a contract/installation paper.

What can been done about this? What advice does anyone have for me? It happened this year within the last 60days.

 

[seniorjudge]

Tell us what you are talking about.

Facts?

Details?

 

[helpme O wise1]

a sub-contractor for a satellte provider (highspeed internet) signed a copy of the installation paperwork. The install was never installed by this company and they got paid for the work and are getting backcharged. The signature is in a woman's handwritting and this person also mispelled (when signing) my name.


I'm trying to find out what can be done about signing my name and the bad business practice.

 

[seniorjudge]

Report the bad guys to your state attorney general's consumer protection division.

 

[Zigner]

The signature is in a woman's handwritting

Funny...
Exactly whta is "woman's handwriting?"

 

[helpme O wise1]

I don't mean any offense to anyone. Women just write more legibly in my opinion.

What would/could happen to these bad guys?

 

[Zigner]

I don't mean any offense to anyone. Women just write more legibly in my opinion.

What would/could happen to these bad guys?

My father has the neatest, most legible handwriting of *anyone* I have seen.
I do know what you meant though

 

[helpme O wise1]

I've had so many people ask me, are you a doctor? I wish my signature was nice and neat but its the fingerprint to my paperwork.

 

[CdwJava]

Have you suffered a financial loss?

Did you ever speak to anyone on the phone authorizing a service? Did you tell someone else to go ahead and sign your name?

There may be nothing that can be done if you are not obligated to pay for something you did not receive. Merely signing someone else's name is not generally a crime. In most states it has to be coupled with some kind of UNLAWFUL gain for the party doing the signing.

Your first act woul dbe to dispute the contract or the obligation with the party to whom this was signed. The second might be to report this to the police if this resulted in some kind of loss.

- Carl

 

[helpme O wise1]

I didn't and most likely won't suffer any financial loss from this.

I came across this issue since I work for the sat. provider. It's a test account. The order was dispatched months ago to a company when the service people tried calling me I told them I would be installing it. A few months later the pending job is now completed....and thought wow nice business practice.

I see it like this:
CdwJava works for lets just say in this case Starbucks. You have a new machine (for testing, like mine) that you will use. It gets shipped to your home and you install. Months later you notce that helpme O wise1 closed the invoice so I can get paid some good money and signed it mr or mrs. cdajava. Sent the signed copy to Starbucks who then pays me for the work (not completed).

Just doesn't seem right.

 

[helpme O wise1]

any other advice?? - so I can start my search this week.

 

[CdwJava]

Without some unlawful gain, or loss, it is doubtful this is criminal. There may be some precedural issue with regards to breach of contract ... maybe. But if there is no loss, and all parties are satisfied with the work performed or not performed, then there is not likely any foul.

However, your state's laws might make the mere signing a crime ... though I doubt it. if so, Heaven help ANYONE in your state who signs their hubby's name at hubby's request.

- Carl