As a bonus, he will also be making sure that his other cop buddies keep an eye on the place too - just so nothing gets stolen during the renovation.....

The guy is either in the Eastern block the Caribbean  middle east or AFrica.. those stolen wires bounce into those accounts and are off shore in a matter of minutes.. 

Unfortunately while I was there, My supervisor's car was stolen in broad daylight, a naked lady on drugs ran through the property and jumped into the pool to cool off and  homeless people often used the entryway potted plants to relieve themselves.As you may have guessed, I decided against buying the house a few blocks away.This multi unit property was toted as a luxury building.

Since the airlines aren’t taking a check  A stolen company check will still cash andmight not be caught for 30 days after the next statement period ends?

Because he was a police officer, and his gun was stolen in the burglary, the police crime unit with it's large trailer was parked in front of our house all day the next day, and a crime scene unit took fingerprints.

After the tenants left, the property was left in pretty bad shape and then there were some major issues with property management not securing the property correctly and all of my window A/C units were stolen.

One applicant stated he was selling stolen sneakers on eBay, his friend worked at the Nike factory.

And what with Bitcoin? 

It's the slimy, dark underbelly and the best place to fence your stolen goods.

In general I love paying for materials that way I can negotiate solely on the labor - however, when doing this locally you have more opportunities to take the logistics out of the contractor's hands (for instance, how materials get to the site and making sure they aren't stolen).