Can I sue my friend for stealing money from my personal bank acct.?

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My best friend of many years and I went into business together. I bought a franchise for him and I. In the Franchise agreement it is required to submit a bank acct. that is currently open, active etc.. I submitted my personal bank acct. to the franchiser to enter into the contract. With that being done my business partner/friend had access to this bank acct. information being it was in our mutual contract. We use this bank acct until "we" open a business bank acct.. My partner decided to open a bank acct. at the same bank my acct. was at. I discovered he was doing telephone withdrawals to his new acct. The way I knew it was his he used my address for his bank correspondence, knowing I would not open his mail. I later found out he did this to keep his girlfriend from knowing of this money. We are no longer friends and were getting out of our business. What are my legal rights to get my money back? Of course he denies everything. He stole 20,220.00. Thanks A.B. Ford

See a lawyer. We cant answer questions seeing legal advice. – Shazamo Morebucks Jan 21 '18 at 18:14 — Shazamo Morebucks, Jan 21 '18 at 18:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '18 at 11:05

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Yes - hire a lawyer to find out how.

answered Jan 21 '18 at 11:05

Dale M

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Surely a more helpful answer is possible. – phoog Jan 21 '18 at 18:01
@phoog yes, and the lawyer should give it – Dale M Jan 21 '18 at 18:46
Just in case the poster reads this very short answer and thinks it's not much help - it is exactly the right answer and tells you exactly what to do. – gnasher729 Jan 22 '18 at 22:25

Can I sue my friend for stealing money from my personal bank acct.?

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