It would be a fascinating (and somewhat frightening) world if cheaters and criminals acted intelligently.
Luckily (for most of us - unluckily for bored police detectives) they don't. Writing a check may feel like a temporary solution, even if the crook knows it will bounce, thus it relieves a modicum of psychological stress. The crooks do it. It's like talking to the police - it makes one feel more innocent, even if it's rarely (never, according to some) the logical thing to do.
Certainly. And that is only one of the many dumb egregious things he's done. Here's another: his company claimed, multiple times in emails, that his attorney mailed me some documents which I've never received. He claims to have no tracking no. He refuses to give me his attorney's info despite weeks of prodding. He hasn't sent papers to an attorney I was in talks with to rep me.
Luckily (for most of us - unluckily for bored police detectives) they don't. Writing a check may feel like a temporary solution, even if the crook knows it will bounce, thus it relieves a modicum of psychological stress. The crooks do it. It's like talking to the police - it makes one feel more innocent, even if it's rarely (never, according to some) the logical thing to do.