• grteOP
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    This seems to be the crux of the issue:

    After CBC Toronto contacted TD this week, it offered to issue a new cheque with the condition George sign an indemnity agreement, which means he would be held liable for the money if the original cheque is ever found and cashed by someone else.

    George says he declined, and instead offered to sign an agreement that says he’d be liable for $150,000. He says he isn’t comfortable with the risk of having to repay the full amount. He also says he’s done nothing wrong so shouldn’t be the one on the hook.

    So it seems that this offer has been made, but on the condition that if the original cheque is ever found and cashed Kavaratzis would be on the hook for it. Kavaratzis contends that that’s not fair as he wasn’t the one who lost the original.

    • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world
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      Kavaratzis should not be liable.

      If the original cheque is ever found, and someone else attempts to cash it, that would be fraud. Now that Kavaratzis has requested a new cheque, if the old one ever makes it to their possession and they attempt to cash it, that would also be fraud. We figured this out DECADES ago, that’s why cheques have a holding period.

      Whoever is cashing the cheque is responsible to make sure it clears before exchanging it for money, and the original cheque should be annulled so it cannot be cashed.

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        Exactly. I do not understand why this is an issue at all.

        • snoons
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          I do not understand why this is an issue at all.

          TD having to do their job is the issue.

        • jet@hackertalks.com
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          Right, this check is not a bearer bond, its made out to a singular person. There shouldn’t be any issue here. It’s not 1850 where it takes weeks to verify a check

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            Nope, it’s 2023, where people seem to have forgotten how cheques work.