Crime & Safety

Sheriff's Blotter: Resident's Info Used in Fake Checking Account

Will County Sheriff's Department reports, Aug. 1-8.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3

Checking Fraud

A resident on the 400 block of Old Hickory Road in New Lenox told police that he tried to open a new checking account, but the bank system had flagged his name. It was flagged because a checking account under that name had been opened in Wisconsin, something the victim said he never did.


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