The Pennsylvania State Police at Frackville are investigating two more instances where checks were altered in the Ringtown area.
Troopers say that they have received a report from a man and woman from Ringtown that mailed two checks at the Ringtown Post Office. Those two checks were intercepted at some point and changed to a $4,000 amount and $379.32 amount, modified to a different payee, and fraudulently cashed.
There were two previous incidents where similar incidents happened in the Ringtown area.
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.
The third incident, which occurred between November 23rd, 2020 and December 3rd, 2020, involved a woman who resides on Zion Grove Road in Union Township, near Ringtown. The woman 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 any of these incidents should contact the Frackville Barracks at (570) 874-5300.