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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. Mail theft and check fraud are soaring, costing an estimated $21 billion in 2023, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FBI and United States Postal Inspection Service have issued a joint alert about an increase in check fraud due to mail theft; ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thieves are snagging checks from the mail and using check washing tactics to alter them and steal from you. Thieves changed one woman's check from $9 to more than $9,000 and cashed it ...