Forgery of Check
N/AOUTCOME: Case Dismissed
Client was arrested and charged with Forgery of a Check, a State Jail Felony, after an altered check was presented at a check-cashing establishment with Client’s name on it. Client did have account at ... this establishment and the owner picked him out of a photo lineup as the one who opened the account previously. Client maintained his innocence and even told detectives in a voluntary interrogation that his identity had been stolen recently and that someone else was doing things in his name. The District Attorney pushed forward with the case as they claimed to see nearly 20 prior convictions for Client including previous Theft, Fraud, and Forgery convictions. Client informed us that he had never been convicted for any of those charges. After digging into the case further, Attorney Sminu Peter discovered that the criminal background history belonged to another individual who had used client’s name and birth date as one of his many aliases. This prompted further inquiry and Sminu was able to track down this other individual and found out that he is currently in prison serving a sentence for Forgery of a Check. Digging deeper, it was discovered that this other individual was caught less than a month after our Client’s alleged crime in a stolen vehicle in Dallas County with multiple stolen credit cards, stolen car keys, a fake ID with our Client’s name and date of birth, and another altered check with our Client’s name on it. Sminu presented this new information to the prosecution who promptly dismissed the charges entirely.
