1.   Bank officials say they must take fingerprints to guard against the rising problem of check fraud.

2.   But financial institutions are much more concerned with check fraud.

3.   But thanks to rising check fraud, you may be asked for a fingerprint just to cash a check at your neighborhood bank.

4.   Fingerprinting by banks was launched two years ago when the American Bankers Association, a trade group in Washington, D.C., decided to tackle check fraud.

5.   Hoping to wipe out check fraud, more banks are asking non-customers to give fingerprint identification to cash checks.

6.   McNall has been incarcerated at several minimum-security facilities during his prison term for check fraud.

7.   Neither company would release specific figures on check fraud.

8.   Mura finally got caught committing check fraud to finance his habit.

9.   On a smaller scale, the drug can be linked to car break-ins, shoplifting, burglaries, check fraud and domestic violence.

10.   States and major banks that have adopted the program report a substantial decline in check fraud.