A federal oversight report shared this week shows more mail isbeing stolenfrom inside the postal service. The Office of the Inspector General says criminal organizations are targeting employees to move narcotics and steal checks.CBSWhile billions of letters and packages go through the mail every holi...
Checks Stolen from Mailboxes Funneled through Ellsworth Home DepotELLSWORTH, Maine -- Local police are alerting people that checksare being stolen from...Trotter, Bill
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Property tax checks, Christmas gifts stolen from mailbox trays in Travis County Most of the checks were taken out of post office drop boxes and neighborhood cluster boxes, according to investigators. TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas - The number of mailbox trays that arrive at the Travis County Tax Office...
Since that time, Franklin police say mail has been stolen from blue mailboxes around the city as part of an apparent check "washing" scam. Check washing is when individuals remove ink from checks and then fraudulently use their own name and dollar total on the checks. "They then deposit ...
A California woman tired of packages being stolen from her post office mailbox mailed herself an Apple AirTag to track the thieves.
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If mail continues to arrive but it’s addressed to another person, it could be a sign of what’s known as “synthetic identity theft.” The term refers to a thief creating a composite identity by combining real information from several different people.5 For example, the imposter might use...
Police say thieves are swiping the mailed checks and money orders from personal mailboxes, the blue USPS boxes and even found some crimes at post offices. They specifically assigned a detective to the rash of cases, working closely with the postal inspector and the Department of Justice’s offi...
Whilecybercrime gets a lot of attentionfrom law enforcement and the media these days, I've been documenting a less high-tech threat emerging in recent months: asurge in stolen checks. Criminals are increasingly targeting U.S. Postal Service and personal mailboxes to pilfer filled-out checks and...