Some people in Pennsylvania will receive checks last month that aren't tax refunds. Fortunately, these checks are legitimate.

In this case, what can people who receive benefits and who cannot sign up for direct deposit online do? They have a few options: They can contact their financial institution where they have an ...

This tax-return filing season might be the last time you send payments to the Internal Revenue Service using paper checks, or the last time you receive refunds on paper. A Trump Administration ...

Further highlighting the urgency, recent reports show that check-related fraud incidents doubled from 2021 to 2023. High-profile cases, including the theft of $4 million in Treasury checks by ...

Martinez also defrauded the U.S. Treasury by cashing altered Treasury checks made payable to himself. Along with co-conspirators, Martinez obtained checks made payable to others and altered the ...

President Donald Trump has targeted paper checks in a new executive order. Effective Sept. 30, 2025, the order directs the Treasury Department, which includes the IRS, to stop issuing paper checks ...

"Historically, Department of the Treasury checks are 16 times more likely to be reported lost or stolen, returned undeliverable, or altered than an electronic funds transfer. "Maintaining the ...

The banking industry's effort to fight check fraud is likely to benefit from President Donald Trump's order to the Treasury Department to stop issuing paper checks for federal disbursements and to ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk handed out oversized $1 million checks to two attendees of his town hall in Wisconsin on Sunday evening, saying the stunt is cheaper and more effective than paying for ...