The U.S. Postal Service is facing backlash over the rise in check washing. Check washing is the sort of crime you saw in Catch Me if You Can, where an individual will steal a check from someone else, remove the name from the check, and put their own name on the check…
A Chicago-area businessman has been indicted on federal charges for making fraudulent claims to the government in order to bilk COVID relief money from the fund. Carlos Smith, 56, of Park Forest, Illinois is charged with fraudulently obtaining $420,000 in small business loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and…