Fraud

[Emma_85]

I was looking for an extra job & listed my details on job sites to receive job details by email. I replied to 1 for a payments co-ordinator - forwarding cheque payments to a textiles company. The offer seemed legit & the salary was 10% commission. Upon replying i received an email saying i had been accepted & to await contact. I got more emails from other people telling me to expect my first payment & giving instructions to cash the cheque & forward 90% on to Ghana by Western Union. I received a cheque which i cashed at M & S's foreign exchange counter & forwarded 90% on to Ghana as instructed. I used my own ID to cash the cheque as i didn't suspect anything. A few days later, i received $5000 in traveller's cheques. I was a bit suspicious due to the amount, so i returned to the same place, knowing if there was a problem i would find out. I was told that the last cheque had been sent back as fraudulant. The police came & i was arrested & interviewed. I told them everything i knew and was fully co-operative. I said most of the communication was done by email and gave my email login details. My bank cards, mobile & pc were taken as evidence. I was bailed for 13 weeks to give time to catch the fraudsters. The officer said he knew i had been honest with them & "let's see if when get you off of this". I didn't know i had done anything wrong. I can't believe i was silly enough to not question anything. I guess with my money problems being as they are, that was all i was thinking of. I would never do something that i thought was illegal. I don't have a record. I only made about �60 out of it and i wrote a sincere letter of apology to M & S and offered to re-pay the full �720 they had lost even though i only saw �60. I'm totally disgusted with myself for being involved in something like this and even more so at the people behind this. Please can anyone tell me where i stand in terms of likely sentancing? Will i go to prison?

[fredpuli47]

Well, Mustafa, the law is the law, however much you might wish it otherwise. What I've said reflects the law exactly.

[MustafaTickl]

As I have already said if anybody believes that then they would believe anything. You yourself are as one with fraudsters, and, from another thread, libellers, but it is of no use to them. Emma asks "Will I go to prison" and the true and useful answer is that without doubt she stands a very good chance of hearing a Judge utter those chill words "Take her down".