Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 10:05:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cathy Green <dalek_cag at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: What were those people thinking?
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

AS I understand it from reading an article in the
online version of the NY Daily News, the folks who got
arrested had repeatedly withdrawn the maximum
withdrawal for the day ($500) even though their
account balances were below what they were
withdrawing.  Which leads me to think it was not an
innocent mistake.  Accidently being overdrawn once I
could see, but overdrawn to the tune of $5000 or more?
--- "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:
> ronkean at juno.com wrote:
> > Perhaps for some it was a slippery slope.
> Overdrawing one's account
> > by a little bit could have been an innocent
> mistake, and once they
> > noticed that repeated withdrawals from their
> already overdrawn
> > account could be made, some might have figured
> that it was 'O.K.',
> > that it was no more illegal than 'maxing out' a
> credit card.
>
> Is it possible that it was entirely an innocent
> mistake?  Perhaps some
> people just don't keep track of their accounts, and
> rely on the bank
> to tell them when they're overdrawn.
>
> I'd be very reluctant to impose criminal penalties
> on anyone unless
> there was overwhelming evidence that they knew they
> were doing
> something wrong.
> --
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