Issuing a Bad Check

Issuing a Bad Check

• A. Fraudulent Destruction, Removal, or Concealment of Writing
• B. Credit/Debit Card Abuse
• C. Issuing a Bad Check
• D. False Statement to obtain property/ credit/ certain services

Answer: (C)

Issuing a bad check is about using a negotiable instrument to obtain property or services while you know there aren’t enough funds in the account to cover it, or you intend to defraud the recipient. This is a specific offense because it targets the act of writing a check that won’t be honored, with the awareness or intent to deceive. That’s why this choice fits best: it directly describes the crime of presenting a check to obtain value when funds are not or won’t be available. The other options describe different offenses—destruction or concealment of a writing to hinder payment, abuse of a credit/debit card, or making a false statement to obtain property or services—which do not involve issuing a check.

Issuing a bad check is about using a negotiable instrument to obtain property or services while you know there aren’t enough funds in the account to cover it, or you intend to defraud the recipient. This is a specific offense because it targets the act of writing a check that won’t be honored, with the awareness or intent to deceive.

That’s why this choice fits best: it directly describes the crime of presenting a check to obtain value when funds are not or won’t be available. The other options describe different offenses—destruction or concealment of a writing to hinder payment, abuse of a credit/debit card, or making a false statement to obtain property or services—which do not involve issuing a check.