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Financial Institution Letter

Special Alert

May 1, 1996
Notes
 

TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SUBJECT: Entities That May Be Conducting Banking
Operations in the United States Without Authorization

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has advised us that the following entities may be conducting banking business in the United States illegally or without authorization. Proposed transactions involving any of the listed entities should be viewed with extreme caution.

Commercial Trading Bank of Dubai Limited (Melchizedek)
67 Wall Street, Suite 2411
New York, NY

REBANC Inc.
10 Rockridge Drive
Theills, NY

Sofi International Bank, N. A.
999 South Bayshore Drive
Miami, FL

CITICORP FINANCIAL SERVICES
9899 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 228
Beverly Hills, CA

(The entity at this address is not associated with Citicorp-Citibank, a large multi-national financial institution, which is a licensed entity in the state of California.)

Please forward any information concerning these entities to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-612, Washington, D.C. 20429.

Nicholas J. Ketcha Jr.
Director

Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)


FIL-25-96

Last Updated: May 1, 1996