Alert 2006-39
ALERT

    Subject:  Stolen Cashier's Checks
Description:  First National Bank in Whitney

       Date:  July 27, 2006

TO:  Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks;All 
     State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman,
     Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, 
     Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State
     Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts);
     Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; 
     and All Examining Personnel

RE:  Stolen Cashier's Checks of First National Bank in
     Whitney, Whitney, TX
	
The above-named bank has reported that 2500 of its blank
cashier's checks containing the serial numbers of 99951
through 102451 were stolen while being shipped to the 
bank.  

Authentically prepared cashier's checks are typewritten
and bonded while stolen items may be handwritten and are
not bonded.  To date, stolen items have been presented 
for payment only in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

You can verify the authenticity of First National Bank 
in Whitney's cashier's checks by contacting Mary Helen 
Lane, Vice President, 307 N. Brazos, P.O. Box 547, 
Whitney, TX 76692, by telephone at (254) 694-2209, by 
fax at (254) 694-3839, or via e-mail at 
[murtylane@fnbwhitney.com].

Additional information concerning this matter that you 
believe should be brought to the attention of OCC, may 
be forwarded to:

      E-mail:	occalertresponses@occ.treas.gov
	Mail:	Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
       		Special Supervision Division, MS 6-4
              	250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20219
	 Fax:   (202) 874-5214
    Internet:	http://www.occ.treas.gov

For additional information regarding other types of 
financial fraud, please visit the OCC's anti-fraud 
resource at: http://www.occ.treas.gov/fraudresources.htm.



Daniel P. Stipano
Deputy Chief Counsel