Police in the corridor say they are seeing a huge spike in counterfeiting. Its 135more than last year. New tonight cbs 2 news anchor matt hammillwho spent the day looking into thishas what you need to know. It used to be if someone broke into your car or house they were most often looking for cash. Thats changed and now they dont even apparently that is changing. They dont even have to break in apparently now. Three out of every 10 cars were not locked. Cedar rapids we say near half of home burglaries clerks just walked in. We seen a doubling in counterfeit cases. Its all connected in addition to jewelry and electronic. These are now looking for checkbooks. They are taking the checks names and amounts and get cash. Its almost like a double whammy. Police warned not to put checks and outgoing mail. Those red flags tell thieves they can grab and copy them. We encourage our customers to use quality checks that are made with a special safety paper. Alayna says the paper and special ink mak
Cedar Rapids Police say half of targeted homes and cars arent even locked. In addition to that, police saieves arent just looking for cash and electronics anymore. The cases of counterfeit and forged checks have doubled in the last year. Investigators say some checks are washed or erased and then copied or forged for huge amounts. Banks encourage customers to use checks with high quality paper and even ink thats hard to erase. They say also helps to have a bank that knows you. Were always looking for anything that might be out of the norm for ou say theres a big gap in checking sequence for example or a large amount thats been written on an account that our customer typically wouldnt do. Thats a red flag for us and we want to investigate that and take extra precautions. Police are also warning its not a good idea to mail checks from an unlocked mailbox. They say the red flag telling the letter carrier theres mail to take, can also tip off thieves who steal and duplicate the checks. Pol
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