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Check From Another Mailbox in Darien Stolen, Washed, Fraudulently Cashed

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Sometime in the last week of January, a check was stolen from a Brookside Road resident’s mailbox, then washed, a larger amount of money written on it and a different payee, then cashed, Darien police said. According to police:

The victim said he put an envelope containing the check in his mailbox on Jan. 26. Then, on Feb. 1, he looked at his bank statement, which showed the check was cashed for a larger amount and made payable to someone he didn’t know.

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Two More Mailbox Thefts, Checks Washed, Rewritten and Cashed in Each Case

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In the latest cases of mailbox thefts, checks were stolen before mail carriers picked them up, then the checks were washed and higher amounts added that were given to people with different names, police said. A check put in an envelope placed in a home mailbox on Bittersweet Lane was stolen, washed, rewritten and fraudulently cashed, police said. The victim told police he put the envelope in his home mailbox on Jan. 9. He noticed on Jan.

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More Thefts of Checks: Two From a Home Mailbox, Two Others Mailed from Inside the Post Office

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Thefts from home mailboxes and from the mailboxes inside the Darien Post Office have continued, with two victims reporting incidents to police, one on Thursday; the other, Friday. According to Darien police, these new cases are still under investigation:

A woman told police on Thursday that she had mailed two checks at the drop box inside the Darien Post Office lobby on Corbin Drive. Her bank contacted her to say one of her checks had been altered and cashed for a much larger amount than it was originally made out for. The victim also discovered that a second check had also been altered for a much larger amount, but the bank prevented payment for that check. In a separate case, a Hollow Tree Ridge Road resident told police on Friday that two checks he had put in his mailbox between Nov.