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Counterfeiters are increasingly recruiting teenagers and young adults online and instructing them to open "starter" bank accounts and deposit fraudulent checks on their behalf, federal investigators and compliance officers told ACAMS moneylaundering.com. Counterfeit check schemes generally follow the same pattern. After coming into possession of a legitimate corporate or personal check via mail theft or a high-resolution copy of a check that he or she acquired online, the counterfeiter forges a high-dollar amount and replaces the name of the legitimate recipient with that of a "money mule" with access to an account. The FBI previously warned of scammers targeting college...