CHICAGO (WLS) -- Local businesswoman Marianne Mandel said she recently lost almost $30,000 to an extreme check washing scam.
It is a crime that is on the rise, and now, she wants answers from the banking industry and the bank which cashed her altered checks.
"It was awful. It was I was a basket case for several days," Mandel said.
Mandel had a sinking feeling when she saw three checks cashed at the end of May and almost $30,000 drained from her account.
"And a small business, and that is payroll. That's, you know, bills that rent, that is insurance expenses," Mandel said.
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