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 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A lot of things have changed over the years but since 1915, the red flag on a mailbox has meant the same thing, there's mail in the mailbox to be picked up. It's called a carrier ...

Once considered an old-fashioned crime, check washing has roared back to life with alarming sophistication. Criminals are not just targeting personal checks anymore. They are exploiting every ...

AND WHAT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE IS THIS SPECIFIC CHECK THAT WAS STOLEN WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO GO TO VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA. NOW, CAROL KENT SAID THAT SHE PUT THE $25 CHECK RIGHT INTO THIS BLUE BOX ...