Estafa case

rianjosh wrote:Hi Atty Goodmorning,

I got a situation, I had a loan with the Bank and my check bounced 3 times. (5666 per check). The reason why I was not able to deposit money on my check because I lost my job.To make the story short. The bank reached out to me last week of January and said to pay 1 thousand to activate my account. I followed what they told me. I advised them that I can start making payment of loan by Feb 7-8 and the lady said that is fine as long as i can make a payment of what is being due. My total past due is 17,600. Now I received a phone call by this SP02 from CIDG Taguig that i already have a warrant of arrest for estafa case BP22 check defrauding. And said to contact this atty for settlement. I spoke with the atty and advised me to pay 40k to bring my account to current otherwise warrant of arrest will be served. This stressed me out so badly. The next day I went to the bank and negotiate on how i can bring my account up to date and given me the amount of 20k ( amount of my 3 months due, legal fees and penalty). i understand that the status is on legal already. On that same day that person is keep on contacting that i shouldn't have to follow what the bank personnel advised and pay 40k and im all set. i dont have that amount to pay them. They said that i will get arrested if cant the amount. I received subpoena.

I wanna what my options are and the process for estafa case. I am not running my obligation but am only asking a little time as I just started back to work.