I knew it had to be an inside job! We had multiple checks stolen and cashed after depositing the letters inside the PO. Torrance, CA is where we live.
“We had multiple checks stolen and cashed after depositing the letters inside the PO”
I’ve had tax return checks stolen and on one occasion a check that was mailed was never received by the intended recipient. I only send checks or any other monetary instrument by UPS or FedEx now.
In New Mexico decades ago, you could cash S.S. checks without ID for 25% to 50% of face value. A check cashing ring was funneling the checks through various “stores” in New Mexico. Traveling through New Mexico i saw many billboards saying “Checks cashed- no ID required.” It took years of investigating to shut it down.
We had that same thing going on in N. ATL suburbs. I knew the chief of police, heard about it from him, they were involved in the investigation, but it got into the Postal Inspection Service pretty quickly. This about half a dozen years ago.