Unfortunately, those safeguards can actually help crooks in manufacturing realistic-looking checks on their computers. Some of these checks look better than the real McCoy.

Because so many of these cases come up, the person usually gets off with a misdemeanor. This is especially true if the checks are under certain dollar amounts. Criminals sometimes know more about how the...

The people I’ve spoken told me they learned a lot more than they ever knew previously. They understand that check fraud can affect anyone if you’re not careful.

People have developed a false sense of security when it comes to checks. They feel check fraud is something that happens to someone else.