51.   The checks were no good, bank complaints say, but before that was discovered, the Carlows covered them with still other bad checks.

52.   The Kimeses were arrested the same day on a warrant from Utah, where they are accused of passing a bad check.

53.   The Kimeses are being held in New York on charges of credit card fraud and passing a bad check in Utah to buy a Lincoln Town Car.

54.   The nonprofit group helps resolve disputes involving bad checks if a merchant and a customer are feuding about products or services.

55.   The real Alexander had a long history of arrests for theft and passing bad checks that stretched from Wisconsin to Massachusetts, according to prosecutors.

56.   Then he landed in prison twice for credit card fraud and bad checks.

57.   They all were complaining that Jeffrey D. Rosenbaum had stiffed them, had written them bad checks.

58.   They charged thousands of dollars and passed bad checks in her name.

59.   Those convictions were for crimes including robbery, bookmaking, cocaine possession, drunk driving, passing bad checks, disturbing the peace and driving with a suspended license.

60.   Thumbprinting has largely put an end to bad checks, said Polly Matlock, owner of the United Check Cashing store.