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Prosecutors Aim to Help Businesses and Deter Bad Checks as Holidays Approach

By Altman & Altman

Since it is the holiday season, Attorney General Martha Coakley is reminding consumers and businesses about Massachusetts laws regarding return policies and final sales, and prosecutors are focusing on fraud and bad checks. District Attorney Daniel F. Conley is offering help to Suffolk County businesses (those located in Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop) to cover bad checks and get the offender credit counseling. The idea is that many bad check cases can be resolved without using the time and resources that criminal prosecutions require. Conley?s plan is called the Bad Check Restitution Program, and its main goal is to get restitution for local businesses and simultaneously deter repeat offenders. Specifically, a mandatory intervention class (in addition to restitution) is available for first time bad check offenders...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on November 24, 2010 (boomark / email).