Lost My Copy of Black’s Law Dictionary

I don't practice law or watch LA Law. You don't have to "forge" checks in the way you're thinking to be charged with that. Simply signing someone else's name is enough. He could have stole someone's checks, written himself a big fat one & took it to the check cashing store. Or, he got popped with pot and some fake checks and pleaded to avoid a drug conviction.

It's knowing something is fraudulent and using it to commit fraud.

Maybe he was scamming unemployment or ppp loans. That's a popular crime now. Selling fake vaccination cards. Fake prescriptions. Credit card theft. Could be lots of things

Depending on the state selling weed and pretending it's legit dispensary or supplier

Just steer clear you don't need to know and neither do we, me I'd kick her to the curb

Specifics will depend on your state, but essentially it's:

*knowledge that a document is false / forged / counterfeit (etc.)

*Intent to defraud

*Presentation of the document

Not just checks, but public records, financial docs, real estate docs (deeds, etc.)

(Source: passed the bar in 2013)

IICE, I think you might have nailed it.

As soon as Michigan legalized medical marijuana he opened a dispensary. Sounds like it might not have been so legal

It's really common. They'll get a couple pounds of the cheapest weed and package it. Sometimes using the packaging for top brands like cookies or jungle boys and sell it at premium prices.

Or something with his paper work. Not paying taxes. Not buying from legal suppliers. Selling types of products that he may not be licensed to or that aren't allowed in the state based on thc content or whatever. That kind of fraud isn't hard to commit.

I'd just ask her though. Could have been something as lowly as a stolen credit card or forged money order.

The charge goes up depending on the price tag of the fraud

If it's Michigan and he had a dispensary, I'd bet he sent bad papers to the state. And they were so obviously bad that they caught on fairly quickly.