I mentioned the washing cheques business whilst having lunch at the home of friends today. Our host got up from the table and returned with a photocopy of a cheque crossed "not transferable" which he had sent to Edgars (for R100) and which had been intercepted, the payee changed to an african name, the amount changed to R3000 odd and accepted by Standard Bank. In due course the Bank restored the account balance to what it should have been. Unfortunately the photostat could not show how well the washing process had worked. Looked fine on the photostat. The original crossing was still there so I don't know how the crook got away with it.