Society Cb Group PAVLIN DOKO Scammed me for $2,000 MCLEAN, Virginia

   Although it may not do anything about getting your money back, you may want to report this to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.   At the very least, it will let the Feds know how often this goes on.

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

    You accepted a phony check from someone you don't know.    You also sent someone in Spain and untraceable cash transfer (the name they used is fake).    In short, you fell for a scam.   This particular scam takes advantage of American banking regulations that require a bank to make cash available to you for a check that has not cleared.   They know that the bank has to give you the cash, and they're hoping that you will send it to them before the bad check is identified.  They're also counting on you NOT knowing these banking regulations and thinking that the check must have cleared when the bank made the funds available.

  If you want to look it up, it's called Regulation CC and was enacted by Congress to make sure that the big bad banks didn't hold your checks for too long.   As with most legislation passed by those boneheads in Washington, this one has had a lot of unintended consequenses.  Most notably people like you getting ripped off for thousands of dollars. 

  Sadly, you do owe the bank the money.   Anytime you deposit a check, you are responsible for the money until the check clears the originating bank.  Your best bet is to visit your local branch and talk to the manager about making repayment arrangements.  They don't have to, but they might be willing to work something out with you.

  Good luck.