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BBB Shares Tips on Protecting Yourself from “Check Washing”

Check use may be in decline, but check fraud is still a serious problem. Watch out for this scam, dubbed “check washing,” which involves stealing checks from mailboxes and then altering them. 

How this scam worksYou send a check in the mail as payment for a service or product. However, a few days or weeks later, you are contacted by the company you paid. They say they never received a payment. Then, you discover the check you sent has been cashed, either for the amount you wrote it for or for a much higher amount. Continue Reading →

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Tong Applauds Appellate Court Decision Upholding Elimination of Religious Exemption to School Vaccine Requirements

Connecticut law requires students receive certain immunizations before enrolling in school. Prior to 2021, students could apply for medical or religious exemptions to that requirement. P.A. 21-6 eliminated the religious exemption, while grandfathering students in kindergarten through grade 12 who had already received such exemptions. Continue Reading →

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