The Brief
- Abigail Reynolds is the victim of check fraud after mailing a check at the beginning of the month.
- She put the check in the USPS blue mailbox at the corner of West Santiago Street and South Dale Mabry Highway.
- She had trouble getting help from law enforcement for this issue.
TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa woman said a check she wrote out to her child’s school was stolen out of the mail, and someone used it to forge a check for thousands of dollars. She said it overdrafted her account, causing a major financial setback.
What we know:
Abigail Reynolds said despite using a USPS blue mailbox near her home, her check was stolen and someone used it to commit check fraud. The check she wrote was for $1,000 to her child’s school, but she said someone stole that check and used it to write a check for $4,500. …