9/12/18 CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Police continue to search for a stolen United States Postal Service master key and one of the three suspects still on the run.
Officials say Clarksville Montgomery county residents are still at risk of becoming victims but police are hoping someone knows where 29-year-old Katlin Paterson is hiding.
“They’re going into these boxes and taking these checks, and they’re trying to wash them rewrite their names on it. Or even trying to reproduce similar checks to the ones they’ve collected,” said Det. Scott Beaubien, Clarksville Police Department.
After forging a check, the criminals are able to deposit it without even stepping into a bank. According to police, the suspects are taking pictures of the checks then depositing the stolen cash through their banking apps.