Only a small group of people get their Social Security payments by paper check, but that's set to end. What you should know ...

Trump has signed an executive order to stop government agencies from sending and accepting paper checks. How will taxpayers ...

All told, Martinez defrauded SNAP of $33,192. Martinez also defrauded the U.S. Treasury by cashing altered Treasury checks made payable to himself. Along with co-conspirators, Martinez obtained ...

Mail theft complaints have increased substantially since 2020, the order noted, and Treasury checks in particular are ... and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners ...

Several scams implicated U.S. Postal Service workers. In 2024, the department announced that AI-powered fraud-detection tools had recovered more than $375 million in altered Treasury checks.

In a second fraud scheme, Martinez admitted to cashing altered United States Treasury checks made payable to himself. Martinez and co-conspirators obtained checks made payable to others ...

During a recent appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, Ellen Pompeo — the Grey’s Anatomy star who appears ... the singer wrote her a “big old check” for a program that she’s passionate ...

Why can't you mail a check, or get a check, from the US Treasury? Two words: Mail theft "Mail theft complaints have increased substantially since the COVID-19 pandemic," the executive order said.

President Donald Trump has targeted paper checks in a new executive order ... and less vulnerable to fraud.” The U.S. Treasury also was ordered to develop and implement a "comprehensive public ...

30. The U.S. Treasury now has about six months to phase out the paper checks it uses for various purposes, including tax refunds and the roughly 456,000 Social Security checks that are mailed monthly.