With tax season underway, the Better Business Bureau Serving Greater Cleveland said a growing scam is targeting people who ...

A low-tech scam is making a comeback in the digital age.

Checks in the mail have become the subject of thieves in the Lakewood Ranch area, with some residents seeing their bank ...

Because investigations remain active, neither the United States Postal Service or the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office were willing to give specific information about a "multitude” of mail theft and ...

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Postal Service are actively digging into a string of check-washing cases in Lakewood Ranch, as reported by WTSP. According to local coverage, banks ...

Lucker was the victim of what’s known as “check washing,” a type of fraud where thieves steal a check and erase the ink while ...

New victims coming forward as pattern emerges in ongoing mail theft investigation ...

By Derwin L. Montgomery The Winston-Salem Chronicle WINSTON-SALEM — What began as a routine $10 subscription payment has become a cautionary tale for the entire community. Dr. Larry D. Little, ...

(StatePoint) The use of checks may be declining, but check crimes are actually on the rise due to new, creative criminal schemes. Once a check is stolen, it can be altered or signed on your behalf to ...

Check washing is when thieves steal checks from mailboxes and mail carriers. Once the thieves have the checks in hand, they use common household cleaning products such as bleach or acetone to remove ...

Residents in Lakewood Ranch have reported a check washing scam after they noticed their bank accounts were drained. FOX 13's Kimberly Kuizon reports.