The Manatee County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Postal Service are actively digging into a string of check-washing cases in Lakewood Ranch, as reported by WTSP. According to local coverage, banks ...

Despite seeming retro, check fraud is experiencing a surprising resurgence, with criminals stealing billions of dollars through these schemes. According to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), ...

New victims coming forward as pattern emerges in ongoing mail theft investigation ...

Check washing is when thieves steal checks from mailboxes and mail carriers. Once the thieves have the checks in hand, they use common household cleaning products such as bleach or acetone to remove ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Late last year, a man named Todd wrote a $10,000 check to the Internal Revenue Service. Months later, the government reached out, ...

“I immediately called you and said thank you, thank you, thank you,” Jean Gioglio-Goehring told News 12 on Wednesday. After News 12 reported last week that Gioglio-Goehring had been victim of a thief ...

A woman from Cary says she has been the victim of a check fraud scheme for more than a year. She said employees at her credit union caught one instance of check washing earlier this year, then she had ...

LEWISBURG — A woman from Ohio with fake identification attempted to withdraw more than $11,000 using stolen checks in Lewisburg, Milton, Danville and Berwick, according to state police in Milton.

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Cranston residents Richy and Terri Kless mailed out a $200 check two years ago as a gift to their son. But unbeknownst to them, that check never made it to its destination. “He ...

Jean Gioglio-Goehring, of Bay Shore, reached out to News 12 for help after she said three of her checks were washed and the money stolen. The checks were worth more than $11,000. After News 12 reached ...

Victims continue to come forward as similar cases reported across the area.