SUGAR LAND, Texas — A Sugar Land man says a $34,000 check he mailed to the IRS was stolen and altered, leaving him out tens of thousands of dollars and waiting for answers from his bank.
The man, who asked to be identified only as Eric, said he mailed the check from a Sugar Land post office in January to pay his federal taxes. Weeks later, he received a call from Bank of America alerting him that the check had been cashed — but not by the IRS.
Instead, Eric said, the check had been altered and made out to a different recipient tied to an estate sale…