A Stolen Check Problem

[M.D]

Originally Posted by walrus

It's been such a long time that I'm not sure there is much that can be done. If your in the US you should have:

Contacted the sponser to make sure the check was indeed sent and then request they put a stop payment on the check.

I'm not in the US,
I contacted the sponsor to inform a missing payment and was told to wait at first, it was only later that i have been told that the check was cleared outside my jurisdiction. it was less than 3 weeks before the theft was noticed and informed.
I asked the sponsor to act fast and like i said I had to wait 4 months for an answer.

These were 4 long months that were more than enough for the bank to inform the foreign that they will not pay for that check.

Is it really me who should be responsible for that check?

the check was not made unendorsable / not negotiable. so there was absolutely no way to protect it.

Is that my fault?

This time it's me.. next time it can be anybody