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I wouldn't file charges over this. It's $1200. I'd make her pay for the ticket, ground her if she was still under my roof and have a serious conversation about her life and where it was heading. But I wouldn't want my child to have a felony.
A Michigan teenager allegedly stole personal information about her father and got a credit card in his name. The 18-year-old used the card to book a $1,200 flight to Germany on New Year’s Day to see her boyfriend. The teen’s father found out from his bank about the fraudulent charge on the morning of said flight at 9:15 a.m.
Dad calls the police, who then contact TSA, Bussell said in an interview.
Officials find out in time to pull the girl off the plane at the Cherry Capital Airport (apparently cherries are a big thing in this part of Michigan).
Father tells the police he wants to file charges.
Hell yes I'd file charges, have her ass thrown in jail for a couple days with no bailing her out.
Then have an attorney go visit her and if she signs an agreement to pay back the money within 6 months, she can come home and I will drop charges.
Then I would ride her sorry butt until she gets a job and pays it back.
I would NOT let this slide, that's not $100 measly bucks.
No my mother would probably beat the crap out of me ( I am not recommending this ) but not call the police. Giving them a felony will more than likely have them end up in your basement than out of the house.
Some states they can't get financial aid. More employers won't hire you either.
The police were called to get the kid off the airplane before she went overseas. how else could a parent stop this? We couldn't barge on the concourse or plane. I can see they were desperate to keep the kid from taking off.
I might not charge her but as soon as she got home she'd have 30 days to get out and she would have to return the money to me as well.
18 is no longer a child, she is legally an adult and if she thinks I'm being harsh THEN I would ask if she prefer I press charges and send her ass to jail.
And in the meantime in that 30 days I'd take all my valuables out of the home until she leaves and after she leaves I'd change the locks.
She'll probably go run off to be with the bf now but not my problem anymore.
I might not press charges but I'd ask the cops to keep her in jail a couple days, and then she'd have six months to pay me back. I'd ride her sorry butt until she did, too.
Newer reports say that the daughter used an existing credit card to purchase the ticket--that is very different than the info in OP saying that she OPENED a new credit card using his information to purchase the ticket.
If my kid had the balls to commit identity theft on me, the situation has escalated to where I can no longer rehab her and yes I would press charges. I mean, morally, there are marbles loose in that head.
However, if she pulled a card laying around, I would still be pissed, but I would not press charges. It seems the father used the felony charge to get press coverage as leverage for the credit card company refund the purchase, hence why he waited to hear back from the bank. Tsk tsk, sounds like the father has priority issues as well.
Newer reports say that the daughter used an existing credit card to purchase the ticket--that is very different than the info in OP saying that she OPENED a new credit card using his information to purchase the ticket.
If my kid had the balls to commit identity theft on me, the situation has escalated to where I can no longer rehab her and yes I would press charges. I mean, morally, there are marbles loose in that head.
However, if she pulled a card laying around, I would still be pissed, but I would not press charges. It seems the father used the felony charge to get press coverage as leverage for the credit card company refund the purchase, hence why he waited to hear back from the bank. Tsk tsk, sounds like the father has priority issues as well.
How is that "very different"? The kid used a cc in her father's name to buy a ticket to Germany, apparently w/o permission. How do you know the card was "laying around"? Unless she went to a brick and mortar store to buy the ticket, all she needed was the number, the expiration date and the security #, all of which she could have found.
I agree we don't have all the information, but we shouldn't speculate, either.
Newer reports say that the daughter used an existing credit card to purchase the ticket--that is very different than the info in OP saying that she OPENED a new credit card using his information to purchase the ticket.
If my kid had the balls to commit identity theft on me, the situation has escalated to where I can no longer rehab her and yes I would press charges. I mean, morally, there are marbles loose in that head.
However, if she pulled a card laying around, I would still be pissed, but I would not press charges. It seems the father used the felony charge to get press coverage as leverage for the credit card company refund the purchase, hence why he waited to hear back from the bank. Tsk tsk, sounds like the father has priority issues as well.
I see no difference in stealing money by using a cc which was not hers and opening a cc in her father's name. both stealing. I also don't see how refunding the charges would be an issue for the cc company. the charge was not made by the card holder and was stolen. If cc companies can refund purchases made by little kids or games by teens, how is this any different?
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