7 On Your Side stepped in to help a man from Queens who was desperate to get his $25,000 back after becoming the victim of check fraud.
Check fraud is back in a big way and getting more sophisticated. The number of fraud cases has nearly doubled year to year, up to nearly 700 annually.
Every day since last year, Anthony Perlongo been checking his mailbox and his inbox, waiting for money he is owed by the federal government to arrive.After suffering heart failure and being unable to work, the union laborer for Local 79 qualified for disability benefits -- a lump sum settlement check for more than $25,000 was cut on Nov. 2."I called up Social Security, they said you cashed that check already," Perlongo said.
"I feel stuck and like I can't get anywhere," Perlongo said. "The treasury department sent it back to Social Security, Social Security is supposed to send it back to me."
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