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I lived with 2 other roomates besides myself. Making it 3 people. We all decided to move out after our college semester was completed. 1 of our roommates did not help us clean up the apartment at all and left us in the dust. When we got what was left of our deposit money back myself and the roommate who helped clean up decided that our roomate who did not help us clean up and move out did not deserve any of his deposit money back. We forged his signature in order to cash the deposit check and split the money between the 2 of us.
Asked on July 30, 2012 under Real Estate Law, California
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You have committed one or more of forgery, fraud, theft, or identify theft. It does not matter if you were "right" in the sense that the roommate who did not help did not "deserve" the money--what you did is illegal. (For example, say that you drove someone home on a long trip, such as from college, and they refused to contribute to gas--what that person did is unfair and wrong, but you cannot simply take money out of his wallet to compensate yourself). You can be sued by the roommate for his share of the money and possibly face criminal charges, too.
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