Make Me Private

I met an older man (55) who treated me like a queen. On the first date he said he wanted to help me out basically because God told him to. As a single parent I had lots of questions as to what did he think he was going to get in return? He said he wanted nothing. I hadn’t been on a date in a couple of years since working two jobs. Well long story short,,,, He paid my light bill and cable bill for 8 months in advance over the phone as I sat there with him. I figured out later that when I didn’t put out he would cancel the payment. That actually got paid for. The check cleared and everything is still fine in that area. The following week he took me to a GMC dealership and purchased (almost) a 2008 Yukon in my name and all he had to do was bring back the cashiers check in a couple of days. He didn’t. Earlier that day he said he wanted to give me some money to hold me over while he went out of town. He deposited $7,500.00 into my account via ATM machine. Really? Who would turn down cash and a new SUV. Well out of that account the bank released a little at a time into the account. I figured they must have verified funds before they did it. Well the bottom line is this, The check bounced 2 weeks later, the truck never got paid for, and I haven’t heard anything else from him. I also noticed that one of the papers for the truck with my personal information is missing and some of my deposit slips are gone as well. My question is this, who is responsible for this negative money in my account, I did spend $900.00 of it? Who do I alert as to possible Identity theft? Can I take him to court? If so for what? I need to know what to do before this situation gets worse.

Help!
I did call the dealership and told them to cancel the entire deal since no payment was received by him. I never got the truck. Whew! As far as any contact information, His cousin (distant) I see daily on my route. I have asked her various questions but she says he moved away 15 yrs ago. I did a background search and came up empty handed. He has no alias but I do know what hotel he stays in most times. Maybe I will drive by there one night and get the tag number. He says he works for Amtrak as a conductor and has been for 35 yrs. His cousin also said that was true. I can’t get any information from the company of course. I called the bank, the CSR said I should go into the branch. The bank with the over drawn amount said they would send me a copy of the check in about 3 days. I will go alert DMV as well.

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