{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How mail theft fuels the check-fraud boom","description":"The big story of check fraud is not only its vast cost to the country and to individual victims, but simply the remarkable rate at which it is increasing. On this episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast \u2014 presented by nCino \u2014 we bring you a conversation from the ABA Fraudcast with ABA\u2019s Paul Benda and Caitlin Piasecki of the United States Postal Inspection Service the enormous scale and challenge of addressing mail theft, a common venue for criminals to access paper checks. Piasecki describes how the internet serves as a perfect sharing and recruiting platform for criminals aiming to get their hands on as many paper checks as possible. Encrypted platforms are where criminal organizations in New Jersey can easily connect with those operating in Los Angeles, she notes. \u201cWe have seen a huge influx in the complex nature these investigations have taken, where previously it was a local group in a local area,\u201d she says. ","author_name":"ABA Banking Journal Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/bankingjournal.aba.com\/tag\/podcast\/","html":"