[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Beware of this guy (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/16/2005 5:54:10 AM EDT
| Anybody know this guy? Christopher Maurice Lawson. Lived in The Colony, TX. Could be living in North Dakota now. Claims to be a student and in the Army National Guard or Reserves. Age 21. This guy wrote a fraudulent check for a Rock River entry tactical R4 upper. If any one knows anything about this guy please get in touch with me. |
Well believe it or not guys, this is the first fraudulent check I have ever gotten in 33 years of business. Got a few hot ones but managed to get them collected since my customers are all good guys. This guy is a bandit. |
i believe it, cant screw over the 
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just read over the upper part....he can still file theft by check charges and have a warrant issued for his arrest. Class B misdemeanor for $50 to $500 Class A misdemeanor for $500 to $1500 |
I could, but, the kid gave me the check and then called the bank and reported it stolen. The bank then took the money out of my account and would not return the check to me, so now I have nothing but a copy of the check from the bank. No money and no upper and no check. |
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Robbie, I'll defer to the lawyers, LEO's and bankers on here, but IMHO criminal charges for theft can be filed with the DA in the county in which you accepted the check. And I presume the bank on which the check is drawn is required to furnish either you or your bank with some proof that a theft statement was filed. Recommend you at least talk to the PD. Hope it didn't happen out of town, which would make it more difficult. Good luck and let us know how we can help you. |
SC, I know about everything there is to know about this guy except what color comb he uses. Problem is he's in the Army National Guard out of Fargo, ND but I don't know how to find him from there. |
This kid wrote a check on Wells Fargo bank which happens to be our bank face to face in The Colony. Wells Fargo claims since it is fraud they don't return the check to us. Come to find out, the bank actually returned the check back to him unpaid. Now I don't know whether to file on the bank or not. |
Maybe a call to commanding officer in Fargo....let him know what one of his troops did and your intentions. Don't know if this is the building, but it might be a start: North Dakota Army National Guard Building Manager: HQ 142D ECB (701) 451-6000 3920 31st St N Fargo, ND 58102 |
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Time to release the internet hounds!!! www.wenzeled.com/site/ You can no longer be a faceless scammer on the internet. This guy's life is ruined! In a nutshell...a guy tried to rip-off a guy on a 4X4 board. He put some new gears up for sale for $100. Someone buys them for $100 and adds $15 for shipping. Check is cashed, and then asks for more $$ and doesn't send the gears. Also posted that the gears were used with 30k miles on them on another board. Basically says 'what the f* can you do about it?' Wrong answer... 73 pages later, all of his personal information is posted, including phone numbers of employer, parents, his cell phone, address, most of his SS#. Over a million hits, 1000's of references on other boards around the world. T-shirts and bumper stickers now available. 2 separate websites. Photo is everywhere and some great photoshops. Also looks like someone pulled his credit report. Last name is synonymous with getting ripped-off on the internet. Check in the Urban Dictionary. He wanted to go to the Naval Academy, but this thread was sent to the navy and his congressman. He started an apology thread, begging for it to stop. |
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+1 on contacting his CO. Also, file a theft report with the PD. It gets the wheels turning. Let them find out some info on him (location, etc.) As for the way the bank treated the transaction, I would go pay a visit to the branch manager and let him know how pissed you are and then close out your account and take your business to another bank (there are plenty of other banks out there and they are all fighting for new business). |
He admitted in his emails that he bought the upper but later said his roomate stole his check book and the bank wasn't supposed to stop my check but all the other checks that were in the checkbook. |
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I intend to find out from the DA what I can do to the bank. Fraudulent check or not they have no business sending the check back to the kid instead of me. I have to have the check in order to file on the kid with the DA. |
If you're really sure it was him, contacting his C.O (or better yet, his first sargeant) might get you some action. Suggest you still follow legal channels too, which could include contacting a local MP or JAG office (gotta be a reserve unit here somewhere) in addition to filing a criminal complaint with the appropriate PD or DA. You will be taken a lot more seriously after you have filed the complaint and have a case number to refer to, and it wouldn't hurt to have a copy of the offense report in your hands when you talk to the bank, etc. Might also try the Dakota board. Someone in the person's area will likely be on it and can give you some tips on contacting his company commander. I assume someone ran his info for you and got everything possible? If so, use it in any legal way you can. Your bank's response doesn't sound kosher but then I'm not a banker. |
Do you have the emails? I would send those to his CO and 1Sgt. and to the DA. |
i had to use hello kitty checks along with some other girly ones  the fiance decided she liked them and ordered them without asking me the look on all those faces when i had to pay with a check 
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| Is the CO or First Sargent going to have alot of pull with this dude? If that unit was activaited, then I'd say yes, but I don't know if they are not. I'm not saying not to contact them, I just wouldn't get my hopes up too high using that angle. Then again, I could be totally wrong. I was in the Texas NG for a year from 96 to 97 and after having served 5 years in the Marines, the NG seemed like one big joke. Of course, things are alot more serious these days. Anyway, I hope you recover your funds and then some for all your troubles. |
The CO has a lot of pull. Not paying debts or pulling fraudulent acts while in the military is a no no. Kid could wind up in the stockade. Being able to contact his CO is of utmost importance. |
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Contact the kids CO and/or Base Commander. They hate hearing things like this, and will straighten it out. Did he purchase it face to face, or was it shipped? If it was shipped, it could constitute mail fraud, which makes it a federal crime. Even more so if you shipped it to him out of state. Mike |
He bought it face to face which is still fraud. |
It certainly is, but it's a different type of fraud. Interstate fraud becomes a federal issue, as opposed to intrastate fraud which is a local issue. Mail fraud, however, is always a federal issue. The difference that it makes is who you have to get involved. Try looking up that last name in the same town, and maybe you'll get lucky and stumble across his parents. Contact them and let them know that their dear baby boy is going to have some serious law problems if he doesn't correct it immediately. Just a thought.. Mike |
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roseco I live in The Colony too. Is this guy still there? Send me some info and I will contact some friends I have at The Colony, PD to see what they can do un-officially. We can unleash the hounds on him, literally I have got to come by and check out your business, I need some stuff. Bill |
He doesn't live in The Colony now but his parents do. According to his dad, he was here when he wrote the check and then had to go back to North Dakota because he couldn't get transferred to a NG unit here. His dad claims he doesn't know how to get in contact with him other than email. Apparently his dad is not going to help him because I asked his dad if he would take care of it. If you know someone in The Colony PD see what they say we can do. |
Update! Found his unit in ND and talked with SGT and he said he would look into it. Two days later the kid called me. Two days after that he called and said he would send a $100 and would take care of the rest by January. I'ts funny how I never heard from this kid for 4 months, now I hear from him twice in 4 days. Well, will see if he comes through. |