Though only 61% of Americans wrote a check in the last year according to a 2024 survey, officials are still warning people about crime trends related to paper checks. It’s easy to see why; two men in ...
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 ...
The FBI and United States Postal Inspection Service have issued a joint alert about an increase in check fraud due to mail theft; reports doubled from 2021 to 2023. The U.S. Treasury Department’s ...