A U.S. Postal Service employee checks a blue mail collection box in this agency photo. Taxpayers and others across North Carolina have fallen victim to check-washing scams after their checks were ...

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 ...

An investigation is underway into a check washing scheme, with all of the cases coming back to one Allegheny County post office. The Ross Township Police Department says it’s taken several reports ...

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), ...

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 ...

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. — A Wake County woman is warning others after thieves altered a check she wrote, changing the amount from $85 to $4,000. Jane O’Connor noticed the hefty check in her bank statement ...

People outside of the Ardsley Post Office spoke with News 12 on Tuesday about being victims of check washing scams. Check washing is when someone intercepts a check and alters it. It can include ...

Long Island business owners who went out of their way to pay bills the safe way, or so they thought, issued a warning on Tuesday. Their mail got stolen anyway. It's all part of a crime called check ...

I recently learned about another type of scam that is impacting many individuals and businesses throughout the North Shore. Check washing has been around for decades, but complaints to police ...

Fraud can happen to anyone, even wealthy entrepreneurs. Steve, who asked his last name not be used so he could tell this story, was shocked to discover that someone had stolen one of his checks that ...