In September 2022, Dugas opened accounts at the banks and cashed checks written on a fake account for a business later discovered to not exist.

Brittani Dugas, 34, of Redford, Michigan, was arrested Friday and booked into the Woodbury County Jail on six counts of forgery and three counts of second-degree theft. Bond was set ...

Receiving a check in the mail might seem like a stroke of luck, but experts warn it could be the start of a costly scam. Authorities are alerting consumers about a surge in unsolicited check fraud ...