They often don’t receive a whole lot of news coverage, but people in Illinois are being charged with forgery crimes all the time.

Mohd Assaf, a former Chicago Housing Authority vendor, is facing several counts of forgery and theft for allegedly signing and depositing $193,000 in fake housing authority checks. Assaf owns a painting service and allegedly cashed fraudulent checks between Nov. 2016 and Feb. 2018.

In another case, an assessor in Kingstown Township is pleading not guilty [...]