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7 On Your Side is continuing to follow a growing crisis at the Napa County Tax Collector's Office, where property tax checks mailed to the office are being stolen. Many of the stolen checks are being altered and cashed through a type of fraud known as check washing. It is a story we first reported last week, and on Monday, even more victims came forward after receiving delinquent notices saying their tax payments were never received.
We're learning more about a growing crisis at the Napa County Tax Collector's Office, where more than 60 property tax checks have been reported lost or stolen. The checks are being stolen and altered through a type of fraud called "check washing." More victims are now coming forward.
The Napa County Tax Collector is urging taxpayers to review their bank records if they paid their property taxes by mail. Dozens of checks mailed to the office, totaling millions of dollars, have been stolen and altered through a fraud called "check washing," officials said. An investigation is underway.
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