8 ON YOUR SIDE. CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE HAS SOME ANSWERS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THERE’S A LOT OF VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT PASSES THROUGH A MAILBOX. BUT WHAT THE CROOKS ARE ...

FINANCIAL GROUP. YOU PAY A BILL AND PUT THE CHECK IN THE BLUE BOX AT THE POST OFFICE, THINKING IT’S GOING TO BE SAFE, BUT IT MAY NOT BE. IT’S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU HEAR OF AND SEE ONLINE AND ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County district attorney is warning residents about check washing, a scam that officials say has "exploded" since the pandemic. Check washing happens when scammers ...

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 ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Each year, U.S. Postal Inspectors recover $1 billion worth of checks and money orders stolen from mailboxes. Scammers are stealing these checks and “check washing” to steal ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Check washing fraudsters are targeting local businesses. “The bills never stop in the restaurant business, they never stop. It affects cash flow for sure.” That was Beau ...

LONG VALLEY, NJ — If you still mail personal checks to pay your bills, you may want to take a close look at your bank account, as Long Valley police have arrested a woman in connection with a ...

CLEVELAND — Attorney Richard Herman is scrolling through Reddit, looking for other victims like himself. "After we reported this in December, another check went through in January." Herman says ...

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 ...