12/12/2005
SA-175-2005
TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security
Officer) |
SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks |
Summary: |
Counterfeit cashier's
checks drawn on East West Bank,
San Marino,
California
, are reportedly
in circulation. |
East West Bank, San Marino, California, has contacted the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit checks
bearing the institution's name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 322070381,
which is assigned to East West Bank. The counterfeit
items are dissimilar to authentic cashier's checks. Authentic checks have a logo
in the top-left corner of the check; counterfeit checks do not display a logo.
Also, authentic checks display the following wording across the top of the
check: "This multi-tone area of the document changes color gradually and evenly
from dark to light." The counterfeit items display the following wording: "This
document has a colored background and microprinting. The reverse side includes
an artificial watermark." A copy of a counterfeit item and an authentic
cashier's check (VOID) are attached for your review.
Any information you
have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:
Krishan Sirimane
Vice President ? Bank Operations and Risk
Management
or
Francisco Espinoza
Assistant Vice President ? Assistant
Risk Manager
East West Bank
415 Huntington
Drive
San
Marino,
California 91108
Telephone:
(626) 300-6340 or (626) 300-6341
Fax: (626) 281-0367
ksiriman@eastwestbank.com
fespinoza@eastwestbank.com
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other
fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial
Crimes Section, 550 17th Street,
N.W., Room F-4004,
Washington, D.C.
20429, or transmitted
electronically to alert@fdic.gov.
Information related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be
submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
For your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's Web
site at www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2005/index.html.
To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please
visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.
|
Christopher J. Spoth |
|
Acting Director Division of Supervision and Consumer
Protection |
Attachment (not available electronically)
NOTE: As a security
precaution, the FDIC does not post to its Web site online copies of fraudulent
instruments or copies of the genuine instruments that have been counterfeited.
This is to avoid attempts by others to use the electronic versions of these
instruments to facilitate additional fraud. Printed copies of fraudulent
instruments are mailed with the Special Alert letter to the financial
institutions on the letter's distribution list (generally, FDIC-supervised banks
? commercial and savings). Printed copies of the Special Alert and its
attachment(s) may also be obtained from the FDIC's Public Information Center,
801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (telephone: 1-877-275-3342
or 202-416-6940; fax: 202-416-2076; or e-mail: publicinfo@fdic.gov).
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
12/12/2005
SA-176-2005
TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security
Officer) |
SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks |
Summary: |
Counterfeit cashier's checks of First National Bank, Hermitage,
Pennsylvania, are reportedly in
circulation. |
First National Bank, Hermitage,
Pennsylvania, contacted
the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) to report that counterfeit
cashier's checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 043001435,
which is assigned to the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Pittsburgh
(
Pennsylvania
). The counterfeit
items also display the bank's name in the top-center portion of the check.
However, the bank's name is followed by an incorrect address and telephone
number:
490 E. North Avenue ,
Pittsburg ,
PA
15212
, 1-888-239-1658. The words
"FIRST NATIONAL" appear in the upper-left corner of the check, and the words
"CASHIER'S CHECK" appear in the lower-left corner of the check.
Authentic checks display the logo of shaking hands in front of a flag and the
bank's name appears in the top-left portion of the check. The words "CASHIER'S
CHECK" appear in an enclosed box in the top-center portion of the check, with
the "Remitter" line directly beneath. Also, "DRAWER: FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
PENNSYLVANIA" appears in the lower- left portion of the check.
To verify the authenticity of a First National Bank cashier's check, or to
provide any information you have concerning this matter, please contact:
Charles R. Herdt
Security Consultant
First National
Bank
One FNB Boulevard
Hermitage, Pennsylvania
16148
Telephone: (724)
983-4916
Fax: (724)983-3290
herdt@fnb-corp.com
Additional information about this matter that you believe should be brought
to the attention of OCC may be forwarded to:
Mail: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Enforcement &
Compliance Division, MS 8-10
250 E. Street, SW
Washington, DC
20219
Fax: (202) 874-5301
Email: occalertresponses@occ.treas.gov
Internet:
http://www.occ.treas.gov
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other
fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial
Crimes Section, 550 17th Street,
N.W., Room F-4004,
Washington, D.C.
20429, or transmitted
electronically to alert@fdic.gov.
Information related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be
submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
For your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's Web
site at www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2005/index.html.
To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please
visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.
|
Christopher J. Spoth |
|
Acting Director Division of Supervision and Consumer
Protection |
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
NOTE: Paper copies of FDIC Special Alerts may be obtained through the FDIC's
Public
Information
Center , 801 17th Street,
NW
, Room 100,
Washington ,
DC
20434
(1-877-275-3342 or
202-416-6940).
12/12/2005
SA-177-2005
TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security
Officer) |
SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks |
Summary: |
Counterfeit cashier's checks drawn on San Angelo National Bank,
San
Angelo,
Texas, are reportedly in
circulation. |
San Angelo National Bank, San Angelo, Texas, has contacted
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit
checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 111306871,
which is assigned to San Angelo National Bank. The counterfeit items are very
dissimilar to authentic cashier's checks in style, font and format. Authentic
checks display the wording "Cashier's Check" in the bottom-left portion of the
check, while the counterfeit items display the wording across the left side of
the check. Authentic checks also display the logo of offset rectangles adjacent
to the bank's name. Directly beneath the bank's name, San Angelo's Bank appears in a box. The counterfeit items
display a logo consisting of an outline of the
United
States
inside of an oval. In the top-left corner of the counterfeit items is a notice
to customers. A copy of a counterfeit item and an authentic cashier's check
(VOID) are attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning
this matter should be brought to the attention of:
Reba Priddy
Senior Vice President
San Angelo National Bank
301 West Beauregard Street
P.O. Box
5291
San
Angelo,
Texas
76902
Telephone: (325)
659-5922
Fax: (325) 659-5916
rpriddy@sanb-tx.com
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other
fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial
Crimes Section, 550 17th Street,
N.W., Room F-4004,
Washington, D.C.
20429, or transmitted
electronically to alert@fdic.gov.
Information related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be
submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
For
your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's Web site at
www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2005/index.html.
To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please
visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.
|
Christopher J. Spoth |
|
Acting Director Division of Supervision and Consumer
Protection |
Attachment (not available electronically)
NOTE: As a security
precaution, the FDIC does not post to its Web site online copies of fraudulent
instruments or copies of the genuine instruments that have been counterfeited.
This is to avoid attempts by others to use the electronic versions of these
instruments to facilitate additional fraud. Printed copies of fraudulent
instruments are mailed with the Special Alert letter to the financial
institutions on the letter's distribution list (generally, FDIC-supervised banks
? commercial and savings). Printed copies of the Special Alert and its
attachment(s) may also be obtained from the FDIC's Public Information Center,
801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (telephone: 1-877-275-3342
or 202-416-6940; fax: 202-416-2076; or e-mail: publicinfo@fdic.gov).
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
12/12/2005
SA-178-2005
TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security
Officer) |
SUBJECT: |
Entity That May Be Conducting Banking Operations in
Canada or the United States
Without Authorization |
Summary: |
An entity called Frost National Trust,
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada,
may be illegally operating as a financial institution.
|
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) of
Canada
has
published the attached "Warning Notice" (Issue No. 64), which contains the name
of an entity recently brought to OSFI's attention.
The warning notice states that Frost National Trust, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada (http://www.frostnational.com), is not an authorized
federally regulated financial institution (Canadian) and may be involved in
advance fee or "Nigerian letter" scams (see also OSFI's Warning Notice No. 23,
dated February 2002). This entity, or persons purported to represent it, is
reportedly operating in
Canada , and may
be violating provisions of the Bank Act
(
Canada
) or
other Canadian financial institution regulations. This entity may also be
conducting unauthorized banking transactions in the
United
States
.
Any proposed transactions involving this entity should be viewed with extreme
caution.
In addition, Transbanc Capital Corporation, which was named
in Warning Notice No. 62, has been removed from the Warning List.
Each "Warning Notice," beginning with Issue No. 1 through OSFI's latest
"Warning Notice," may be found at: http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/osfi/index_e.aspx?ArticleID=166.
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other
fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial
Crimes Section, 550 17th Street,
N.W., Room F-4004,
Washington, D.C.
20429, or transmitted
electronically to alert@fdic.gov.
Information related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be
submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
For your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's
Web site at www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2005/index.html.
To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please
visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.
|
Christopher J. Spoth |
|
Acting Director Division of Supervision and Consumer
Protection |
Attachment: Can be found at http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/app/DocRepository/1/eng/consumer/notices/Warning_Notice_64_e.pdf
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and
Savings)
NOTE: Paper copies of FDIC Special Alerts may be obtained
through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 801 17th Street, NW, Room 100,
Washington, DC 20434 (1-877-275-3342 or 202-416-6940).
12/12/2005
SA-179-2005
TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security
Officer) |
SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks |
Summary: |
Counterfeit cashier's checks drawn on Northway Bank,
Berlin, New
Hampshire
, are reportedly in
circulation. |
Northway Bank, Berlin, New Hampshire, has contacted the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit checks
bearing the institution's name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 011700425,
which is assigned to Northway Bank. However, authentic checks are issued by
Integrated Payment Systems, Englewood,
Colorado, and use the routing number
102000979, which is assigned to JP Morgan Chase Bank,
Denver,
Colorado
. Also, authentic checks are referred
to as official checks, while the counterfeit items use the term cashier's
checks. The counterfeit items are dissimilar to authentic official checks in
format. Authentic checks display the wording official check in the top-center
portion of the check; the counterfeit items display the bank's former name in
that location. A copy of a counterfeit item and an authentic cashier's check
(VOID) are attached for your review.
The Berlin City Bank and Pemigewasset National Bank merged effective October
1, 2005. The resulting bank was named Northway Bank. Therefore, use caution when
handling any checks bearing the bank's former names issued after the merger
date.
Any information you have about this matter should be brought to
the attention of:
Susan Dumont
Security Officer
Northway Bank
P.O. Box 9
Berlin, New Hampshire
03590
Telephone: (603)
752-1171 Extension 3234
Fax: (603) 528-6054
sdumont@northwaybank.com
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other
fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial
Crimes Section, 550 17th Street,
N.W., Room F-4004,
Washington, D.C.
20429, or transmitted
electronically to alert@fdic.gov.
Information related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be
submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
For your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's
website at www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2005/index.html.
To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please
visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.
|
Christopher J. Spoth |
|
Acting Director Division of Supervision and Consumer
Protection |
Attachment (not available electronically)
NOTE: As a security
precaution, the FDIC does not post to its Web site online copies of fraudulent
instruments or copies of the genuine instruments that have been counterfeited.
This is to avoid attempts by others to use the electronic versions of these
instruments to facilitate additional fraud. Printed copies of fraudulent
instruments are mailed with the Special Alert letter to the financial
institutions on the letter's distribution list (generally, FDIC-supervised banks
? commercial and savings). Printed copies of the Special Alert and its
attachment(s) may also be obtained from the FDIC's Public Information Center,
801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (telephone: 1-877-275-3342
or 202-416-6940; fax: 202-416-2076; or e-mail: publicinfo@fdic.gov).
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and
Savings)