Originally Posted by Sly

I know that you aren't American so you may not understand how American banks work with checks, but they always charge you a cancellation fee. And checks don't really "expire", despite the "void within X days" written on the check, it depends on a variety of factors.

So yes, there is $4000 involved, if there really were weekly checks for 4 years. It's probably more than $4000 if they all needed to be canceled.