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Financial Institution Letter

Special Alert

September 26, 1997
Notes
 

TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SUBJECT: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has advised us that counterfeit cashier's checks drawn on the First National Bank and Trust, Monroe, Wisconsin, are in circulation. A copy of a legitimate instrument and a copy of a counterfeit instrument are attached. If you have any information concerning this matter, please contact the bank by phone at (815) 961-7190 or by fax at (815) 961-7227.

Information concerning these instruments also may be forwarded to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-6012, Washington, D.C. 20429.


Nicholas J. Ketcha Jr.
Director

Attachment: facsimile cashier's check

Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)

NOTE: Paper copies of FDIC financial institution letters may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 801 17th Street, N.W., Room 100, Washington, D.C. 20434 (800-276-6003 or (703) 562-2200). Electronic versions of FDIC FILs and Press Releases are available on the FDIC web site: News, Events & FOIA


FIL-100-97

Last Updated: September 26, 1997