Several People Out Thousands Of Dollars After Fraudsters Get Hold Of Checks Dropped In Blue Mailboxes In Park Ridge – CBS Chicago
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (CBS) — This is a cautionary tale to heed before you even think about putting something in one of those blue mailboxes.
We’ve learned federal and local police are investigating a pattern of check fraud in northwest suburban Park Ridge. CBS 2’s Tim McNicholas talked to several people who are out several thousand dollars.
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It was supposed to be a routine ground ball for Park Ridge Baseball and Softball President Garry Abezetian.
“The whole thing is frustrating,” Abezetian said.
He said he dropped off two checks in separate envelopes at the local post office.
“They came back to our bank as cleared and when I went back to look at them, it started when a parent said, ‘I didn’t get my refund,” Abezetian said, “and that’s when I started looking.”
He discovered someone had somehow tampered with the…
