Case Results » Larceny by Check

The defendant is a man of Asian descent who speaks very little English. He is a businessman living in New York and has a green card. The prosecution alleged that in November of 2013 he was involved in an elaborate scheme to defraud banks and individuals by using credit cards with information that had been altered. The defendant was observed by loss prevention personnel making purchases with several of these altered cards. The police were called to the store and the defendant was detained and questioned along with someone believed to be working in connection with him. Surveillance cameras caught the defendant making these purchases thereby corroborating the district attorney's case. Among other things, the defendant was charged with six counts of forgery of a document, a felony in Massachusetts. The charges were serious permitting a judge to sentence someone convicted of the crime to up to ten years in prison. Today, Attorney Neyman was able to get all of these charges dismissed.

Dedham District Court: A dancer from local gentleman's club applied for criminal charges against our client, a financial professional, claiming that she was the victim of larceny by check. She alleged that our client agreed to pay her $20,000 for a night of private services, which she claimed were limited to exotic dancing, in his apartment. She claimed that our client gave her his license as "collateral." It was alleged that our client gave the woman three checks for her services, two of which bounced. Denise Dolan of our office was successful in getting the charges dismissed before any criminal complaint issued. There will be no CORI entries.

West Roxbury District Court: It was alleged that our client, a student from Everett, was part of a check fraud scheme totaling more than $12,000. Eighteen checks had been altered from the alleged victim's payroll account name and cashed at various supermarkets. Today, Denise Dolan succeeded in getting the case resolved through pre-trial probation, and the case will be dismissed in six months provided that our client remains free from trouble.

Quincy District Court # 10AH1296. The complainant in this case is a lawyer practicing in Quincy, Massachusetts. He alleged that our client, a well known local psychiatrist had obtained his services in an amount over three thousand dollars. Our client paid by check and stopped payment on the check due to the attorney's failure to honor his obligations under their agreement. He then filed an application for a complaint for Larceny by Check. Today, after a hearing the clerk agreed with Attorney Neyman that no crime had been committed and that the complaint should not issue.