WGAL's Anne Shannon recently talked to a York County family that was the victim of check washing. You can find her report here. This article explains what check washing is, how you can prevent it ...

Scammers are stealing these checks and “check washing” to steal money. Chris Babin, CEO of the Better Business Bureau of ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County district attorney is warning residents about check washing, a scam that officials say has "exploded" since the pandemic. Check washing happens when ...

The last of three defendants charged in a $150,000 “check washing” scheme has been sentenced to 3½ years in a federal prison. Naod Tsegay was also ordered to serve five years of supervised ...

District Attorney Stephen Zappala said an ongoing “check washing” scam is happening in the area. In this scam, criminals use chemicals, often household cleaners, to remove ink from checks and ...

Sending a check through the mail opens the door to a scam known as check washing. A crook steals a check from a mailbox and washes it with chemicals to remove all information but the signature.

She says another type of check scam is check washing, which is when the scammer removes the ink showing the amount or who the check is written. But typically, Hill says she mostly sees fake checks.

But Dang had paid the bill. And the check - $14,000 - had already cleared her bank account. But when Dang examined the check, she noticed the payee had been changed. “And I said, ‘Oh ...

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