What to do if a person is trying to file charges on you on something you didn’t do or have knowledge of?
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What to do if a person is trying to file charges on you on something you didn’t do or have knowledge of?
I know a friend who used a debit card to make payments for me. He wound up using his mother’s debit card and now she is trying to press charges against me unless I pay her back. I didn’t know he was using his mother’s card. What should I do? Am I held accountable for this being that I didn’t know what he was doing?
Asked on August 16, 2012 under Criminal Law, New Jersey
Answers:
John Ducey / Law Offices of John G. Ducey,PC
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
It is not criminal because you had no knowledge but she may sue you in civil cpourt and you may have to pay her back.
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