ALERT 95-44
Type: Suspicious Transactions              Subject: Certified Bankers Check


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; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy
     Comptrollers (Districts); District Administrators; District
     Counsel and Examining Personnel.



     
RE:  Information is being received that banks are receiving an
instrument titled Certified Bankers Check purportedly payable at
United States Post Offices, United States Treasury Department and
Comptroller of Currency.  Please be advised that such instruments
are deemed to be without financial value; see attached copies of
such instruments.  A previous Alert 95-33, dated September 8,
1995, had been issued relative to a variant of these checks.

Any information which you may have concerning this matter should
be brought to the attention of: 



               Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
               Enforcement & Compliance Division
               250 E Street, S.W.
               Washington, D.C.  202l9
               Fax (202) 874-5301




                                      
     Daniel P. Stipano
     Director
     Enforcement & Compliance Division   
     Date: November 20, 1995


     Attachment
     (Photocopy of Certified Bankers Check sited in alert)