{"id":27724,"date":"2019-12-04T11:17:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T16:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=27724"},"modified":"2019-12-04T11:17:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T16:17:40","slug":"suspected-check-fraud-scheme-centers-on-post-office-in-chicago-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/12\/04\/suspected-check-fraud-scheme-centers-on-post-office-in-chicago-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Check Fraud Scheme Centers On Post Office In Chicago Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiY2JzIiwidiI6IjQyMjc2MjkiLCJhbnZhY2siOiJEVnpsOVFSem94M1pac1A5Yk51NUxpM1g3b2JRT25xUCIsInNoYXJlTGluayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2JzbG9jLmFsLzM4NUh2U1QiLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImNvbXNjb3JlIjp7ImNsaWVudElkIjoiMzAwMDAyMyIsImMzIjoiQ2hpY2Fnby5jYnNsb2NhbC5jb20ifSwiZGZwIjp7ImNsaWVudFNpZGUiOnsiYWRUYWdVcmwiOiJodHRwOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) \u2014 The United States Post Office Inspector General is investigating a fraud scheme that victims believe revolves around a south suburban post office.<\/p>\n<p>As CBS 2\u2019s Mike Puccinelli reported, investigators believe someone has been ripping off individual customers and area entrepreneurs at the Chicago Heights Post Office with checks that all may have come through the building.<\/p>\n<p>Now, some of the victims are speaking out for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>At work at Enzo\u2019s Beef and Sausage, owner Kyle Hallberg was on the phone with investigators from the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General. And the postal inspectors were not looking for a famous beef sandwich.<\/p>\n<p>The call was because Hallberg was the latest victim of check fraud in the south suburb. His company\u2019s bank account was drained of all its money Tuesday morning and had a balance of -$400.<\/p>\n<p>He said $15,000 was gone.<\/p>\n<p>And Hallberg said he\u2019s not alone. Fraudulent checks were also written against Eagle\u2019s Liquors right next door, Country Squire Foods just up the street, and at least one other small business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it happened at the Chicago Heights Post Office \u2013 that\u2019s the common denominator,\u201d Hallberg said.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not just small businesses that are being affected. A 79-year-old great grandmother was also ripped off after she put her check to the gas company in a mail slot. Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2019\/12\/03\/suspected-check-fraud-scheme-centers-on-post-office-in-chicago-heights\/\">CBS Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23741\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/theft1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/theft1.jpg 421w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/theft1-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) \u2014 The United States Post Office Inspector General is investigating a fraud scheme that victims believe revolves around a south suburban post office. As CBS 2\u2019s Mike Puccinelli reported, investigators believe someone has been ripping off individual customers and area entrepreneurs at the Chicago Heights Post Office with checks that all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,72,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-theftandfraud","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27725,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27724\/revisions\/27725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}