Mail theft and check fraud now cost Americans over $20 billion a year. Learn how checks are stolen, washed, and cashed—and ...

Checks are an ancient form of payment with beginnings tracing back to the Roman Empire – but demand for these payments shows no signs of abating. The North American reliance on checks may seem like an ...

Brad Lynch started his 21-year career in the FBI chasing bank robbers, but he found his “sweet spot” as a special agent in ...

In May 2025, Wells Fargo denied Young’s fraud claim, saying her report was untimely. An 83-year-old Texas grandmother said Wells Fargo has refused to reimburse her for nearly $15,000 stolen through ...

A Tampa woman said a check she wrote out to her child's school was stolen out of the mail, and someone used it to forge a check for thousands of dollars. She said it overdrafted her account, causing a ...

A Tampa woman who had a check stolen out of the mail got her money back, and had been working with Tampa police on the issue.

Legal consequences can be up to 20 years in prison, plus fines of more than $250,000. This scheme often combines with other fraud types. Because of the complexity of this crime, investigating this ...

Two St. Louis-area men recruited homeless people and drug-addicted individuals to carry out an elaborate fraud scheme ...

The use of checks may be declining, but check crimes are actually on the rise due to new, creative criminal schemes. Once a ...

YAVAPAI COUNTY, AZ (AZFamily) — Two men from California are facing charges in a complex check forgery operation across central and northern Arizona. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) said ...