The dog ate my checkbook

Posted by kent on June 30th, 2009

We should never laugh at identity theft, but a recent case from Arlington, Washington does put a humorous spin on an old excuse. A woman allegedly started using her ex-husband's checks to pay for some of her expenses. When police went to question the woman, she initially told them that, "her dog got into her purse and ate all her personal checks." Without a checkbook, she needed some way to pay the bills, and it seems her ex-husband's checkbook was the next best thing to her own.

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