In a matter of moments, people across the United States — including in Houston — are seeing thousands of dollars disappear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a resident of Palm Beach's Midtown mailed a check in November to pay her Palm Beach County property taxes, she signed on the ...

Criminals are increasingly stealing and altering paper checks in a scheme known as “check washing,” costing consumers and ...

The Napa County Tax Collector is urging taxpayers to review their bank records if they paid their property taxes by mail.

Ever sent a check only to find it was cashed but never reached the intended recipient? You could be a victim of check washing ...

ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — An investigation is underway into a check washing scheme, with all of the cases coming back to one Allegheny County post office. The Ross Township Police Department says it’s ...

Long Island business owners who went out of their way to pay bills the safe way, or so they thought, issued a warning on Tuesday. Their mail got stolen anyway. It's all part of a crime called check ...

Despite seeming retro, check fraud is experiencing a surprising resurgence, with criminals stealing billions of dollars through these schemes. According to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), ...

Scammers have multiple ways to get their hands on your checks.

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 ...