He needs to close out that checking account, open a new one and call the credit card companies and tell them what has happened. They can close those accounts and send new cards with new account numbers. He can get a FREE credit report once a year from each credit bureau. We get one from Equifax in February or March, three months later, do one for Experion and then again, threee months later, we do Transunion. We always buy the credit score for something like $7.95. We wait until all the charges have cleared from Christmas shopping and then do Equifax (for the "REAL" score) free report, to see