Craigslist scammer targeting my son...

^^^^^ A check is a legal document that you are bound to pay by law. The original scammer could /should be arrested for passing bad checks, but wait, this is the modern world where the cops don't have "manpower" to do anything :)

OP, I hope in In the end, you finished him off with a "what r you gonn do bout it?".....either by e mail, over the phone or to his/her face.

On the flip side, cops are not society's babysitters. The "modern World" requires discretion and personal responsibility.

It's a slippery slope.