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I stole my mother's credit cards and wrote a check on her account. Can she press charges if I am only 17 and a family member?
I have been steeling money from my mother's purse for awhile. Now I have written a check on her account and used her credit cards without permission. What can happen to me if she presses charges?
Illegal conduct of defrauding your mother that you describe has very few, if any, valid defenses. You should immediately stop this criminal misconduct. If your mother decides to take the matter to the police, I agree with the answer above that your status as a family member provides you no defense.
If your mother does press charges you can be convicted to serve a sentence or other penalty for the crimes you have admitted to have done. Your mother has a written record of the credit card charges you made on her credit cards because the credit card company keeps those records. You will not get away with the crimes.
