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Special Alerts
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security Officer) |
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Fraudulent Checks
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| Summary: |
Fraudulent checks bearing the name Bankers' Bank, Northeast, Glastonbury, Connecticut, are reportedly in circulation.
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Bankers' Bank, Northeast, Glastonbury, Connecticut, has contacted the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that fraudulent checks
bearing the institution's name are in circulation.
The fraudulent items display the routing number 011110617, which
is assigned to Bankers' Bank, Northeast. In general, bankers' banks are
owned by and provide services to commercial banks. Bankers' banks
do not typically issue checks to the public nor do they offer retail
banking services. A copy of a fraudulent item is attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to
the attention of:
Elissa Reynolds
Vice President of Operations
Bankers' Bank Northeast
655 Winding Brook Drive
Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033
Telephone: (860) 657-2265
Fax: (860) 633-5877
E-mail: egr@bankersbanknortheast.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/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 (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, telephone:
1-877-275-3342 or 703-562-2200; fax: 703-562-2296; or e-mail: publicinfo@fdic.gov).
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
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