<human>: Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?

So, the department I work and study in at my university makes our information public to the world on their website because we are employees and presumably undergrads and their angry parents need to be able to contact us at all times. 

We've been targeted by some vanity publishers that may or not have been scams (no one tried) but now we have been targeted in a different way. 

An email was sent to the tutoring list from someone outside the university asking for a tutor for their child (this is quite common). So far one person got in contact with whoever sent the email, and they set up a price and such with a certain payment upfront to block out dates and times. She received the check through UPS, and went to the bank to verify the authenticity of the check -- it all seemed off for whatever reason. If she had just cashed it or deposited it, she would be responsible for that money, typical bad check scam, ebay/paypal style. 

Now, what do we do? She has contacted the police and the department we work for. We have an email for her which is probably a throwaway, and not a lot else. It is from a UK service provider, though we are in the US (she said they were transferring and needed help adjusting to the new school system, again not uncommon).

It just seems like less of a big deal when people aren't targeted specifically, but you know this person went to the trouble of finding grad student tutors (here and possible elsewhere) to scam. We are pretty low on the income scale, and even food insecurity is not uncommon. This is really low and I'd like to know what could be done to actually find the person and press charges.

thanks for getting through the post, I'm sure there are lots like this, but we're poor and we're trying to get an education (I work in a field where there aren't a lot of rich kids coasting on their parents money, trust me) and this just irks me.
<bot>: grad students targeted for hot check scam, need info on how to find the culprit and bring him/her some pain (legally) for stealing from the piss poor.