CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Check kiting or cheque kiting is a form of check fraud , involving taking advantage of the float to make use of non-existent funds in a checking or other bank account . In this way, instead of being used as a negotiable instrument , checks are misused as a form of unauthorized credit . Kiting is commonly defined as intentionally writing a check for a value greater than the account balance from an account in one bank, then writing a check from another account in another bank, also with non-sufficient funds , with the second check serving to cover the non-existent funds from the first account. [1] The purpose of check kiting is to falsely inflate the balance of a checking account in order to allow written checks to clear that would otherwise bounce. [2] If the account is not planned to b...