Tax season is here, and the Brighton Police Department is warning of a surge in check washing scams. Brighton Police are ...

With tax season underway, the Better Business Bureau Serving Greater Cleveland said a growing scam is targeting people who ...

Checks in the mail have become the subject of thieves in the Lakewood Ranch area, with some residents seeing their bank ...

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 ...

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 ...

New victims coming forward as pattern emerges in ongoing mail theft investigation ...

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 ...

Residents in Lakewood Ranch have reported a check washing scam after they noticed their bank accounts were drained. FOX 13's Kimberly Kuizon reports.

Check washing is when thieves steal checks from mailboxes and mail carriers. Once the thieves have the checks in hand, they use common household cleaning products such as bleach or acetone to remove ...