Forgery is a crime. A "crime" must have two elements - (1) a criminal act, committed with (2) a criminal intent. Only you would know if your partners motivation satisfied both elements of the incidents. If they did, your partner committed a crime and could be reported and prosecuted.
As for liability, a bank has an obligation to verify the authenticity of the signatures on all checks before cashing them. They do not do this. It is cheaper for them to let bad checks go through and then bounce them retroactively when fraud is discovered. Whatever accounts those checks were deposited into will likely be debited the amount of the check and funds should be restored to your account after sufficient evidence and adequate processing time.
No. Certified checks are guaranteed by your bank's signature.
A payroll signature is the authorized signature for payroll checks.
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Yes.. It is the crime of forgery.
going to jail.
Yes they do.
The checks will bounce.
Banks would not cash bad checks. All checks must be legitimate and have valid signature with no overwriting or blotches to be encashed.
If they were unused checks and you had not signed them, then it is definitely Illegal. Using another persons check without his/her signature and permission is an illegal activity. Even if it is the spouse using your check.
If its an authentic signature and it checks out by an authority on historical signatures then yes, it most definitely increases the value.
Call you banks customers service and see. My bank allows my wife to deposit my payroll checks without my signature into our account.
A signature card