[GNC] Reimbursement for fraud

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

On 2026-06-14 10:20, Robert Putman wrote:
> I had a check to a credit card company that was washed and cashed by
> someone else.  We reported it as fraud and was eventually repaid.  How do I
> record this in GnuCash so that it doesn't appear as income but that will
> balance in GnuCash? 

If I understand you correctly, you did not actually lose (or gain) any
money by this episode of check fraud.

In that case, you don't have to record anything, since you had no income
or expense and none of your assets or liabilities changed in value.

If you want to record _something_ for historical purposes, you can enter
a transaction with no transfer account and no amounts. GC is quite happy
to accept such transactions and then you'll have a record in your
checking account register in case some time in the future you need to
know when this happened/

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com