As your District Attorney, I’m always concerned about the negative impact of bad checks passed to local businesses. Millions of dollars are lost every year to merchants as a result of this ongoing problem. Bad checks affect everyone in terms of higher consumer costs that must be passed on to offset losses, and increased taxes to cover the additional costs for law enforcement and prosecution.

In an effort to combat this serious problem, I have organized the Bad Check Restitution Program to assist local merchants with bad check losses. The primary goal is to obtain full restitution for the victim without adding to the financial burden of the criminal justice system.

Merchants in the county of Delaware benefit because they receive restitution without paying any collection fees. First time bad check offenders are given the opportunity to avoid criminal prosecution by attending a mandatory, eight hour intervention class, in addition to paying restitution.

All of this is accomplished without any cost to the taxpayers. The Bad Check Restitution Program, fully funded through fees paid by bad check writers, is a partnership between our office and the local business community. Call 1-800-286-1523 and let us help you.