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Special Alerts
Fox Chase Bank, Hatboro, Pennsylvania, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit checks bearing the name Fox Chase Federal Savings Bank are in circulation The counterfeit items display the routing number 236073830, which is assigned to Fox Chase Bank. However, Fox Chase Bank issues official checks through an Integrated Payment Systems, Inc. account held at Citibank, N.A., Buffalo, New York, and those checks display the routing number 022000868. The counterfeit items display "FOX CHASE FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK" near the top edge, and "CASHIER CHECK" in the top-left portion of the item. A copy of the counterfeit item and a copy of an authentic official check (VOID) are attached for your review. Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of: Barry Zalesky 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.
Attachment (not available electronically) NOTE: As a security precaution, the FDIC does not post to its Web site electronic images of fraudulent items or authentic checks that have been counterfeited. This is to avoid attempts by others to use these instruments to facilitate additional fraud. Financial institutions can view images of the fraudulent items and authentic checks (marked as VOID) using the FDIC's free, secure Web site, FDICconnect. (See more information about FDICconnect at http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2006/fil06032.html.) Printed copies of each 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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Last Updated 6/26/2006 | communications@fdic.gov |
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