My ex-roommate proved herself to be very untrustworthy and problematic, which is why I didn't want to renew our lease together. When I put in our 30 day notice, the deposit check was to be sent to my new address. I let them know many times the address it should be sent out to. My ex-roommate even texted me asking if I got the deposit back after almost a month, to which I hadn't. So I never got it, and it turned out that my ex-roommate lied about changing the address to her parents'. I found that out by calling the leasing office after I confronted her, to which she said either her parents or her boyfriend probably changed it. She said she honestly didn't know that the address was going to her place this whole time. So I called the leasing office to ask them why they would let people who are not on the lease change the deposit address, and they completely outed her by emailing us both screenshots of her text where she had them change it. Ex-roommate is a narcissist, so she would of course blame everyone but herself until she is outed like that. In the end, she claimed it was a "crazy month" and "adulting is hard" and "honestly just forgot." Of course I was super upset and unwilling to trust her with our check. She had it for a week before I found out about this. When I called the leasing office to ask if we could have split checks and cancel the first one, they assured me that both of our names were on the check, and she would not be able to cash the check without us both being present. They would not split the check, and the only other way would be if we both agreed to have the check be named out to only one of us. Well fast forward a week later, she venmos me what presumably is exactly half of my deposit. Apparently she had no trouble cashing the check without me. Does anyone know how she was able to do that? If it turns out that she signed my name illegally to be able to cash it, then I am not okay with that, deposit or not. Would there be anything I can do about this? I am NOT okay with the bank cashing a check with my name on it without my signature, regardless if I got the money venmoed.
Submitted August 01, 2021 at 08:52PM by ChromeSheath https://ift.tt/3C6nyub
