[drjimmy]

This article has some more information. It looks like these folks, for whatever reason, didn't act on the opportunities they had to resolve this earlier.

[radiohead]

It looks like these folks...didn't act on the opportunities they had to resolve this earlier.

One of which would be to read their bank statements so that they would be able to contest any strange checks.

I don't know why people trust their money to others and then don't exercise the slightest bit of oversight. I think Sammy Davis went out the same way - trusting his accountant, who wasn't paying the IRS.

I have friends who don't read their bank statements or credit reports. This is just asking for trouble in these days of identity theft, if you ask me.