LINCOLNWOOD, Ill. (CBS) — Police are investigating a pattern of mail theft and check fraud in north suburban Lincolnwood.

There are more than a dozen cases of people who say a fraudster tampered with their checks after they mailed them. CBS 2’s Tim McNicholas has learned it has also caught the attention of federal investigators.

Jeff Zimmerman doesn’t know a Natalie Martinez. So imagine his surprise when he learned a check written out to her drained $4,000 from his bank account.

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