my faince was scammed

He was selling his engine and he got an email like normal and after he talked the person sent a check. he called the bank that was on the check the bank said it was a good check and he went to a bank and cashed end 945 of the 1950 check he waited a couple days and the bank called him telling its no good, now the bank wants their money back and the town cops are charging him with theft of a check is there any way to prove to the judge that it was a scam. We are planning on paying the bank back but has to wait til next month. I have the emails.

Hi welcome to Scamwarners.

Sorry to see that your fiancée has been scammed, First of all if you have the emails take them to the Police print out all the emails with headers explain the situation.

Be sure too tell them that you are willing to pay them back next month.

Then make an appointment at the Bank, print out all the emails with headers and take them in to the bank and explain the situation, ask them for their advice.

You are still liable for the funds but they may take it easy on you

Good Luck

In addition to showing the emails to the bank, could you post them here? Someone else may be a victim of the scam and could be searching for text in the body or email addresses. Include complete headers; some evidence may be in Received or X-Originating-IP.