Incidents involving mail theft-related check fraud are on the rise, which could impact individuals expecting to receive funds through a check in the mailbox. Since 2021, the U.S. Postal Inspection ...
The FBI and United States Postal Inspection Service have issued a joint alert about an increase in check fraud due to mail theft; reports doubled from 2021 to 2023. The U.S. Treasury Department’s ...
Checks are an ancient form of payment with beginnings tracing back to the Roman Empire – but demand for these payments shows no signs of abating. The North American reliance on checks may seem like an ...
This type of fraud often involves bad actors who steal physical checks from mailboxes or U.S. Postal Service collection boxes. Incidents involving mail theft-related check fraud are on the rise, which ...