Thieves 'wash' the ink off stolen checks, then re-write the checks for astronomical sums and try to cash them.
Sargon Debaz said he mailed a $400 check, and days later the bank flagged him about a $12,500 attempted payment on it.
We met a senior citizen who told us she mailed two checks in the mailbox at Devon and Le Mai, and when she got her bank statement, she found the checks had been re-written and a $7,000 withdrawn.Checks that have been stolen from the mail are being washed and the thieves are writing in different names for the recipients before cashing them, according to police.
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