With fraud on the rise throughout the country, Therese Scarlati hopes her story can prevent others from becoming victims.

With fraud on the rise throughout the country, Therese Scarlati hopes her story can prevent others from becoming victims.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When a check goes missing and reappears with a different payee and amount, the consequences can be costly. But under banking law, customers who are victims of fraud may not have to absorb the loss.

(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 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — After it was reported that a personal check was stolen, a forgery investigation led to the arrest of two men. On January 8, 2026, the State Police received a report that a ...