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Grosse Pointe Public Library had the same experience with a check we sent to Baker and Taylor a few months ago. The check was also altered and cashed at a Delta Credit Union in Georgia. </div>
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We reported it to Baker and Taylor, our local police, and Chase. Thankfully, we got the money back but it was a process. We had "positive pay" with Chase but that didn't stop the check from being cashed. Since then we upgraded to Positive Payee Verification
which will further protect us from fraud. We're working with Chase to enroll in CashFlow 360 which will make all of payments ACH. What a mess. </div>
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Thanks for sharing and hopefully this stops happening, </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 6, 2023 2:26 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Question regarding fraudulent checks</font>
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Have any other libraries experienced checks mailed to library vendors with remittance addresses in Atlanta, GA being fraudulently cashed? My library has had four checks sent to B&T and Cengage fraudulently cashed in the last six months. The three checks were
mailed by the City of Roseville to the verified P.O. boxes in Atlanta and were cashed at both a large bank and a party store. Our library was notified by B&T and Cengage that they had not received the checks which our Controller's office verified were cut,
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After contacting the City's bank, Comerica, the City Controller contacted the local police when images of the checks showed that they were either "washed" with the payee name being removed with white-out and rewritten or signed by an unknow individual and cashed.
Local police notified other agencies and fraud claims were submitted to the post office. </div>
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The City also had two checks (Autozone and Firestone) that were sent to post office boxes in Atlanta cashed fraudulently recently. </div>
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The City and Library will eventually be reimbursed. For now we are paying all invoices for vendors doing business through an Atlanta post office box by credit card as the City sets up ACH. </div>
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Since most libraries use B&T and Cengage, I thought there may be other cases of fraud.</div>
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