Though only 61% of Americans wrote a check in the last year according to a 2024 survey, officials are still warning people about crime trends related to paper checks. It’s easy to see why; two men in ...

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 ...

The check is in the mail. You’ve probably said – or heard - that phrase at some point in your life. But have you ever sent a check that was cashed but the recipient said it never arrived? If so, you ...

This type of fraud often involves bad actors who steal physical checks from mailboxes or U.S. Postal Service collection boxes. Incidents involving mail theft-related check fraud are on the rise, which ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A lot of things have changed over the years but since 1915, the red flag on a mailbox has meant the same thing, there's mail in the mailbox to be picked up. It's called a carrier ...

Mail – especially financial documents – is a popular target for crooks. Since May, the U.S. Postal Service Inspection Service has made more than 530 arrests for mail theft even as it steps up security ...

Catasauqua residents who mailed checks at a United States Postal Service box this past weekend might have had their envelopes stolen by thieves, police say. Catasauqua police are investigating a ...

The check is in the mail. You’ve probably said – or heard - that phrase at some point in your life. But have you ever sent a check that was cashed but the recipient said it never arrived? If so, you ...