>Was there any cutoff point? Like everything after the police report was exempted or did you just give them the last check number you could remember and they checked all of them after that?

I closed the account immediately, then filed the police report. All checks after number x were returned to the merchant that accepted, stamped with "Account Closed". I then got a nasty letter from the merchant. I replied with an afidavit (provided by the bank at no charge).

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>I thought I had seen something on 20/20 where they discussed this issue while profiling identity theft. Some lady had $20k written on an account opened by someone else using her DL, SSN, and DOB. They really emphasized that the lady was stuck with the debt and a bad credit report. This was two years later and she was still clearing the trouble.

I didn't see this. I avoid all the news magazine shows. But, I can't see how she could be held liable. It was outright fraud that occurred.


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>Any legal eagles know about this?