This article is from 2004: http://tucson.com/news/local/check-cashing-fees-starting-to-spread/article_921ec279-3e2f-5efd-aa09-3874c6d6ba51.html http://tucson.co

This article is from 2004: http://tucson.com/news/local/check-cashing-fees-starting-to-spread/article_921ec279-3e2f-5efd-aa09-3874c6d6ba51.html http://tucson.com/news/local/check-cashing-fees-starting-to-... -- so it's been going on for awhile. I remember hearing someone sued BoA(?) for "failure to honor the face value of a check" and lost. After that, fee's started spreading. I can't find an online reference to this story.