fake cheque

fake cheque

1. A written order to a bank that has been forged. Primarily heard in UK, Canada. A lot of fake cheques have been circulating in the area lately, claiming to be from the local university; in reality, they are scams trying to swindle people out of money.
2. A written order to a bank for a certain amount of funds that has been dishonored, either because such funds are not available or because the given checking account does not exist. Primarily heard in UK, Canada. My ex-husband has been writing fake cheques all over town to pay for his gambling debt.
See also: cheque, fake
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • fake check
  • ninebob
  • phonier than a three-dollar bill
  • (as) bent as a nine-bob note
  • (as) queer as a nine-bob note
  • bob
  • dill
  • queerer than a three-dollar bill
  • as queer as a three-dollar bill
  • queer as a three-dollar bill
References in periodicals archive
Well-placed sources in the police revealed that Karachi Company Police arrested Tahir Bega in a fake cheque case and immediately informed Aabpara Police about it as the suspect's name was also found in a list of wanted suspects.
The police party, led by Assistant Sub Inspector Pervaiz Iqbal, conducted a raid in suburban village 91-NB within the precincts of Saddr police to arrest an accused named Irfanul Haq in a fake cheque case.
Marshall, 54, was being jailed for two years and four months for a fake cheque scam when he emptied a bottle over his face.
" He said added fake cheque books and documents have been confiscated.
fake accounts, fake statements and issuing fake cheque books.
Tando Adam -- A court in Tando Adam on Thursday sentenced Pakistan Te-hreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MPA Dewan Sachanand to three years in prison after he was found guilty of issuing a fake cheque, which was dishonoured by the bank due to insufficient funds in his ac-count.
Mohammed Ali, 53, of Stoney Stanton Road, Foleshill, admitted trying to bank a fake cheque for [pounds sterling]860, stealing clothes worth [pounds sterling]498 from TK Maxx, taking a vehicle without consent, driving without insurance, stealing a boiler worth [pounds sterling]1,000 as a trespasser, failing to answer bail and committing an offence while subject to a conditional discharge.
Siem Reap provincial Military Police arrested a woman on Friday for issuing a fake cheque worth more than $3 million.
BANKING AND CREDIT NEWS-September 14, 2018--Indiana authorities say fake cheque fraud increasing
Global Banking News-September 14, 2018--Indiana authorities say fake cheque fraud increasing
ISLAMABAD:International Islamic University of Islamabad (IIUI) has often remained in news but for no good reason, as the university rocked by another controversy of the fake cheque cash' involving president of the University Staff Welfare Association (USWA), and high-ups of a bank.
Bought quadbike with fake cheque A woman who pled guilty to fraudulently buying a quadbike in Airdrie has been given supervision.
In a protest organised by Defend Education Birmingham, they attempted to present Mr Eastwood with a giant fake cheque from the "Bank of Fat Cats".
The Free Patritic Movement leader went on to label any non-partisan government as imbuing fraudulence and resembling a fake cheque, especially that such kind of governments would seek to exercise caretaking duties to replace the current one, according to him.