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I had the same thing happen to me as what was reported in the February 4th issue of stolen checks and fraudulently cashed, and it's a real problem. I'm told that this is a widespread thing going as far as Atlanta. This happened to me in November. I'm still trying to change all my accounts, and the bank actually says don't use checks at all anymore. This is terrible. Thank you.
Thank you to the farragutpress, Tammy Cheek and the Farragut resident that came forward for the recent article “Reports of mail theft rise in Farragut.” We've had several checks mailed in the last year that did not get to the intended companies for which the checks were written. Thankfully, we have not yet discovered that any of those checks have been cashed. We thought we were the only ones experiencing this terrifying ordeal. Our local bank has been wonderful in working with us, and we appreciate the reporting on this and trust that the perpetrators soon will be brought to justice.
