Mail theft and check fraud now cost Americans over $20 billion a year. Learn how checks are stolen, washed, and cashed—and ...

We’ve all done it — you get a letter in the mail that looks like a check. You tear it open and sure enough, there’s a check inside. But you don’t recognize the sender. That’s because it’s a live check ...

Dear Liz: I am a victim of check fraud where someone intercepted two checks made out to the U.S. Treasury and changed the payee name. These two checks were for $21,000 and $6,000, so it’s substantial.

The use of checks may be declining, but check crimes are actually on the rise due to new, creative criminal schemes. Once a ...