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

There was a time when paying bills came with a sense of security, when people sending checks through the mail could feel certain that their money was going to the right place. That feeling of ...

Between 2022 and 2023, suspicious activity reports related to check fraud increased by 90% according to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Florida was reported as the second most scammed state ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - It’s something many of us do every day: mail a check. People rely on mail services to pay for housing, food, cars, insurance policies and other essential services. But what ...

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. (KDKA) — A Beaver Falls man says he's the latest victim of a crime known as check washing. He called KDKA Investigates after he said he tried for months to get his bank to refund him ...

A Palm Beach resident discovered that her $40,000 property tax check was altered and cashed by someone else — leading to the third check washing-related arrest in Palm Beach in a month. Check washing ...