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Originally Posted by ///MPhatic
Bryan took it to a bank, which is an institution that trades money as a business. I cannot believe that it's not the bank's responsibility to make sure the check is valid before accepting it. Bryan is an easy going guy, but if it were me I'd contact my attorney on that account immediately.
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Well, in strictly legal terms, it is NOT the bank’s responsibility to make sure the check is genuine before accepting it. They are just the middleman. It is your responsibility to know your seller. If you just think about it, there is absolutely no way a bank could check the genuineness of every check they take for deposit or cash from their customers. I do agree though that at the very least given this particular situation, with a $75,000 cashier’s check, they should have verified the genuineness of the routing number.