After an earlier report this month, a second case has emerged where a check that was mailed was then forged.
According to the Pennsylvania State Police at Frackville, on December 21st, 2020, troopers received a report of forgery/fraud at a home on Aristes Road in Union Township near Ringtown.
Police say that the victim told police that a check was mailed for a payment, but was then forged to an unauthorized person with an increased dollar amount, which were then taken from the account.
During a previous incident, between November 23rd, 2020 and December 3rd, 2020, a woman who resides on Zion Grove Road in Union Township, near Ringtown wrote a PSECU check for $7.99 as a payment for a Kohl's Department Store card and put it in her mailbox to be picked up by the mailman.
On December 4th, 2020 the woman checked her bank statement and found that the checked payed out $3,800.
An investigation found that the check had been altered paying out the $3,800 to an individual unknown to the victim.
Anyone with information on this or the previous incident should contact Trooper Moyer at the Frackville Barracks at (570) 874-5300.