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One intimate claimed McCarthy knew “every gambler, hustler, pool shark, and bad check artist” in east Tennessee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Mississippi attorney general issued an opinion in 2009 that expanded the list to 22 crimes, including timber larceny, carjacking, felony-level shoplifting and felony-level bad check writing.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

Another farmer said he received a bad check from the same checking account on the same night for two German shepherd puppies.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

Spina wrote the bad check, and T.J. handed over his Super Bowl ring, still inside its black box, along with rings from his college football years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022

I went directly to the Lorraine and began frankly by telling them that I represented the By- Products Company in New York and was authorised to investigate the bad check which they had received.

From The Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve


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