Q: What do I do from here after police come to my house?
I'm being accused of depositing a money order that was someone else's from back in Oct 2020. There is a deposit made to my account by money order for the amount the police are saying is the money order in question. The officer had me send him a screenshot of my bank statement and kind of made me feel pressured into saying i may have done it but not w the intention or knowing it was for someone else bc he said he was going to get a warrant and even though I have done nothing wrong when he showed up here I was nervous bc I've never been in trouble before either. There's nothing in my account that was made out to anyone other than myself. I do have a small drop shipping business and it is possible that I was paid w a stolen money order but there was no way I would have known it was stolen. He told me on 1/22/21 he was going to type up his report and would call me that evening or the person the money order belonged to may call me and ive not heard anything since.
A:
MORE INFO NEEDED
AS A RULE, THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS NOT TALK TO ANYONE WITHOUT A LAWYER....CONSULT WITH A LAWYER.
YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SAID THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HURT YOU.
IT IS NOT ONLY WHAT WAS SAID, BUT RATHER WHAT THE PERSON THOUGHT THEY HEARD YOU SAY.................
A:
If you are running a business, you should keep records of any payment that you receive. If the same issue comes up again, then you can protect yourself.
For now, gather the documents that you can to prove where the money order from.
Good luck!
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