A husband and wife in Winthrop had their mortgage check stolen and cashed after they dropped it off at the post office.Jeanna and Talan Carvalho are at a loss. They’re pouring over their finances after their bank called and said their mortgage check never came.”It was shocking and jarring,” Jeanna said. “She said ‘no we haven’t received it’ and Talan said ‘well it was cashed!” Jeanna said.However, a digital copy from their bank showed the check did go through and that it was cashed, but by a stranger.”With a little bit of digging we found out the check had been washed quite a few times and that somebody else had cashed it,” Jeanna said.The Carvalhos think someone stole the check while it was in the mail, after they dropped it off at a Winthrop post office.”I put my blue envelope for the mortgage inside the mail slot inside the post …
Couple has mortgage check stolen and cashed from post office [Video]
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