Hysterically, I called the bank and discovered that two other forged checks cleared the bank after the bank statement date. The check had the address and telephone number of an old office of mine that I moved from over eight years ago and, naturally, my signature was a poor forgery. I opened the statement immediately to find a personal-size pink check (I use business-size checks and a macho accountant never uses pink checks) made payable to a jewelry store in Columbus, Ohio for approximately $2,500. Luckily, my prior month’s bank statement was also in the mail. As an accountant (and yes, I have been called “anal-retentive”), I am very much attentive to my checkbook balance and I knew I had several thousand dollars in my business account before I embarked on my vacation. I recently returned from vacation to the horror of numerous “insufficient funds” notices from my bank waiting for me in my post office box. What can I do to prevent this from ever happening again?Īnswer: This happened to me, too! The following is a column I wrote detailing my experience: Fortunately, my bank reversed the fraudulent charges and made me whole again, and set up a new checking account for me.
I discovered about 15 cleared checks that I did not write. Question: Last month, I opened my bank statement and realized my account dropped by about $20,000.
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