Counterfeit military credentials and hidden earpieces powered a multistate scam that involved chemically altered checks.

The City of North Bend is alerting the public to a counterfeit check fraud scheme involving checks that appear to use City banking information. Over the past several weeks, the City has identified ...

Key insight: A check fraud ring that allegedly included a Regions Bank employee highlights the industry's ongoing vulnerability to the exploitation of an old-fashioned payment method. Supporting data: ...

An Ohio homeowners association treasurer discovered that two checks had cleared the group’s bank account even though the ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Check fraud is surging nationwide, and scammers are getting increasingly sophisticated at producing counterfeit checks that can fool victims until it’s too late. New federal data ...

Welcome back to the fourth installment of our “Scam Likely” series. Today, we turn to an old-school scam that has made a huge comeback: mail theft and check fraud. You have a business client that is ...

Image Credit: Buter Township Police Department. A Pennsylvania man is facing fraud and forgery charges after police say a counterfeit business check put money into his bank account and two additional ...

An unexpected check can look real but still leave you owing the bank. — Unsplash/thapanee srisawat A check that looks like free money can quickly turn into a costly trap. Fake check scams often begin ...

A Chicago man and five conspirators have been indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of conspiracy to ...

CLEVELAND, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) today announced that Check Control for Business is fully available to KeyBank Business Online® clients. This service, which is unique to ...