71.   According to their account, Sobhraj began his career writing bad checks and pulling off burglaries.

72.   Beery was arrested on an unrelated warrant for bad checks, taken to jail and released Thursday.

73.   Berry was arrested on an unrelated warrant for bad checks, taken to jail and released Thursday.

74.   But mounting debts and bad checks eventually forced the club to close.

75.   Former American League umpire Ken Kaiser was pulled over for speeding Thursday and a computer check showed he was wanted in Las Vegas for writing bad checks.

76.   He could not say how much money Kaiser owed or who held the bad checks.

77.   He had a minor bad check charge lodged against him last week, which could have prevented him from being extradited, but Thai courts invalidated the charge.

78.   He said prisoners accused of petty crimes like pickpocketing and writing bad checks were confined with convicted rapists and murderers.

79.   He said that the bad checks phenomenon is associated with the state of the economy.

80.   He suggests that someone charged with writing a bad check should be warned twice.