CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thieves are snagging checks from the mail and using check washing tactics to alter them and steal from you. Thieves changed one woman's check from $9 to more than $9,000 and cashed it ...

If you owe money for income taxes — and many who drag their feet to file in late March or April often owe money — you will want to take extra care with how you mail that check to avoid getting stung ...

SUGAR LAND, Texas — A Sugar Land man says he learned a tough lesson after thieves stole two checks he mailed to pay bills and altered them for thousands of dollars. Eric Hanson said what began as two ...

MILWAUKEE MAIL CARRIERS. BACK IN JANUARY OF 2023, POLICE RAIDED THIS MILWAUKEE HOME NEAR BUFFUM AND WRIGHT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND HUNDREDS OF CHECKS TOTALING MORE THAN HALF OF $1 MILLION.