Burr Ridge Business Checks Being Intercepted: Police

BURR RIDGE, IL — Checks from Burr Ridge businesses have been intercepted and fraudulently cashed since last month, police say. Here is information from Burr Ridge police reports:

• Reaching Across Illinois Library System, 125 Tower Drive, reported Oct. 28 that it had three checks intercepted after being mailed. The checks were altered to be fraudulently cashed, totaling $80,928. Police referred the matter to a U.S. Postal Service investigator.
• OM Group, 15W200 South Frontage Road, reported Oct. 19 that nine business checks were fraudulently cashed and deposited by a number of people. The police were assisting a postal inspector.
• Industrial Valve & Automation, 16W231 S. Frontage Road, sent a check for $2,939 to Forum Us Inc. The check was intercepted and cashed. The report was made Oct. 29.
• Two checks from a business at 161 Tower Drive were intercepted and endorsed to unauthorized people. The checks were fraudulently deposited, but the funds were not transferred. The report was made Oct. 20. The police report did not name the business.