Pinellas Park business owner says he had check stolen from mail, caught it before he lost money

The Brief

  • Alan Sayler said he was the victim of check fraud in 2025 after mailing a check in a locked USPS business mailbox.
  • He said he caught the fraud attempt and did not lose money.
  • Sayler said he wants someone to take this issue seriously.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. Alan Sayler, the owner of Sayler’s Suncoast Water, said he mailed a check from the USPS mailbox outside his business last summer — but it was stolen and used to commit fraud against him.

“I finally saw a check come through in an amount that I didn’t recognize, and I was able to click on ‘open the check,’” Sayler said. “And, I saw the name on the check, and I’m going ‘who is this? I don’t know who that is.'”

He said he caught it in time, and called his bank, stopping the check before he lost any money.

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