So they pulled up the check image online and saw someone else's name where the county tax collector's should have been. "Clearly, the check had been altered, and cashed by somebody else," Paul told ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- When it's time to pay a bill, many people still write a check and mail it. But is that safe anymore? Postal inspectors say mail theft is rising fast -- and thieves are going after ...

Jody and Paul Glaser of Los Altos did what millions of Americans still do every year: they wrote a check for their property taxes and dropped it in a blue USPS mailbox outside the post office. Three ...