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Special Alerts
| SA-94-2006
April 12, 2006
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| TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security Officer) |
| SUBJECT: |
Unauthorized Banking
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| Summary: |
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has provided a listing of entities engaged in unauthorized banking activities named in OCC alerts since 1996.
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On March 28, 2006, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
issued the attached Alert 06-16, which provides an alphabetical listing of
entities engaged in unauthorized banking activities, both offshore and domestic,
named in OCC alerts from 1996 through the date the listing was issued. The
listing is intended to aid in the search for names of such entities and to
indicate the nature of the problem that prompted the alert. Both the listing
and the individual alerts are available on the OCC's website at http://www.occ.treas.gov (click
"Issuances," then "Alerts").
Any information concerning this matter should be brought to the attention
of:
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/2006/index.html. To learn
how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please
visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.
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Sandra L. Thompson |
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Acting
Director
Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection |
Attachment: Available at http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/alert/2006-16a.pdf -
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Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
NOTE: Paper copies of FDIC Special Alerts may be obtained through the FDIC's
Public Information (1-877-275-3342).
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