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

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

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 ...

After it was reported that a personal check was stolen, a forgery investigation led to the arrest of two men. On January 8, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Palm Beach resident discovered that her $40,000 property tax check was altered and cashed by someone else — leading to the third check washing-related arrest in Palm Beach in a month. Check washing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. While the crime may seem like something from another era, mail theft is big ...