Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten days after mailing a $1,640 check through the U.S. Postal Service, a Hilton Head couple found the sum had been “mobile ...

Criminals are increasingly stealing and altering paper checks in a scheme known as “check washing,” costing consumers and ...

Every day the United States Postal Service (USPS) delivers millions of personal and business checks. But during its journey from the postal service to a final destination, a check can very easy be ...

The checks are in the mail, and unfortunately thieves these days are well aware of that. Reports of mail theft are soaring nationwide, as criminal rings now steal, "wash," and rewrite personal checks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Rhode Island man who is in federal prison admitted Monday that he deposited nearly $50,000 in stolen or fraudulent checks into ...

A Lombard couple is out thousands of dollars after they wrote two checks, not even close to that amount. They said they're victims of a check washing scheme, and believe it is taking place at their ...

A Connecticut woman was arrested on Thursday following an investigation into check washing in Old Lyme. Soniah Thompson, 28, of Waterbury, turned herself into Troop F in Westbrook on the strength of ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Memphis daughter and mother worry their finances are in jeopardy after they said crooks stole and washed multiple checks from three accounts. "It's really scary," said Terra, who ...

Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for Mid-South Emmy Awards for her ...

The checks are in the mail and, unfortunately thieves these days are well aware of that. Reports of mail theft are soaring nationwide, as criminal rings now steal, “wash” and rewrite personal checks.