Postal Inspectors Fighting Fake Check Fraud

MIRAMAR, Fla. — The United States Postal Inspector Service is waging a cyberwar against a growing breed of con artists who are using the Interent to rip off Americans.

On Thursday, Miami’s postal inspector general displayed…

Conference addresses check fraud investigation

ST. LOUIS – During an eight-month investigation, the United States Postal Service intercepted $2.1 billion in counterfeit checks intended for American consumers.

To address this investigation and its results, the United States Postal Inspection Service held a…

Jones pleads guilty to lying in check-fraud scam

NEW YORK (AP) — Cheating charges have dogged Marion Jones for years. Less known is her role in a multimillion-dollar check-forging scheme that ensnared her ex-boyfriend, sprinter Tim Montgomery.

The case, which resulted in…

Wineke: Let’s stop paying for Iraq with credit card

Would you be willing to increase your federal tax burden by 2 percent to support our troops in Iraq?

How about 12 percent, or 15 percent?

U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, thinks that if we…

When you sign up for a credit card, you sign up for arbitration

Would you agree to let someone arbitrate your dispute with a credit card company if you knew he or she almost always decided in favor of the company?

Thousands…