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[spengler]

Ok I live in Virginia and my soon to be ex-wife used my credit cards without permission in my absence. Virginia does not have community property laws for married couples and her name was not on the cards. So essentially she committed credit card fraud. To compound problems for her she was on Supervised release while she committed this crime. Supervised release for those who don't know is a form of probation prior to going to prison. She went to prison for another fraud charge. Now she is refusing to pay on these cards so I want to have her prosecuted criminally. I was wondering who do I contact? Now that she is out of prison there is a different probation officer handling her probation. So I don't know should I contact her current probation officer, or her previous probation officer or the United States Attorney's office?

[kalvin71]

Call the police and file a report. They'll take it from there. The decision to prosecute is the hand of the District Attorney's office in your area. They'll assess the seriousness of the crime and proceed from there.You also need to submit a copy of the police report to your credit card companies and they'll put additional pressure on your local DA's office to prosecute.

After that, I'd suggest leaving it alone. This will likely take some time to move forward and there's the possibility that your wife may not be charged.