CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thieves are snagging checks from the mail and using check washing tactics to alter them and steal from you. Thieves changed one woman's check from $9 to more than $9,000 and cashed it ...
Once considered an old-fashioned crime, check washing has roared back to life with alarming sophistication. Criminals are not just targeting personal checks anymore. They are exploiting every ...
Elisabeth Leamy's tips to avoid a counterfeit-check mail scam. Oct. 8, 2007 — -- After an eight-month investigation, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service has arrested 77 people and confiscated $2.1 ...
The FBI and United States Postal Inspection Service have issued a joint alert about an increase in check fraud due to mail theft; reports doubled from 2021 to 2023. The U.S. Treasury Department’s ...