A $10 Check Turned Into $2,500: Local MLK Keynote Speaker Caught in Growing Check Fraud Trend

WINSTON-SALEM — What began as a routine $10 subscription payment has become a cautionary tale for the entire community.

Dr. Larry D. Little, who recently delivered the keynote address at Winston-Salem’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast, said he was stunned to learn that a check he placed in a U.S. Postal Service collection box had been altered and cashed for $2,500.

“It was shocking,” Dr. Little told the Chronicle. “You never think something like that will happen from something so simple.”…

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