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Non-Tech : SLJB - Sulja Brothers Building Supply, Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: scion who wrote (1025)	12/4/2006 6:47:20 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Respond to of 1681

If brother Frank hadn't called the bank it's likely that the other owner of the company would have. I don't know what to make of the third party other than since he was never mentioned by name or even an alias he was apparently a non-factor in all this. Besides, the name of the company was G&G so this third party likely had little say in things. How did brother Frank know that the check had been altered unless he saw the bank statement or the actual check. Frank must have cross-referenced the check number on the $51.00 check he gave to brother Gino with the fraudulent check for $143,000 and gasped. One would think Frank's natural reaction would be to ask Gino WTF is this all about. One would assume Frank couldn't ask Gino to report the cheque was a fraud because then Gino would be admitting to the bank he committed a crime (recall that Gino, not an authorized signer for the company, has signed it-- another black mark against the bank for accepting it). So Frank can just say "I'm the only guy who can sign. I didn't sign, therefore the cheque is a fraud." For the bank to admit they accepted a cheque with Gino's signature, whether real or fake, would make them culpable just like if Microsoft's bank cashed a $1M fake cheque made out to me signed by Ronald McDonald. Perhaps that's why the bank thought it was in their best interest to nail Cameila. But your main point is whether Frank's actions may be a red flag he was party to this scheme with Gino. I'd say "no" since otherwise I don't see a reasonable motive, unless somehow we conjecture the two brothers were trying to rip off the third party, but, again, we have nothing that would lead us in this direction. - Jeff