The Florida Department of Financial Services has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit warrants (checks) bearing the name "State of Florida, Department of Financial Services" are in circulation.
These warrants have "State of Florida, Department of Financial Services" imprinted near the top of the warrant and display the State of Florida Treasury routing number of 063000694. The statewide document numbers (SWDN#) - located at the top center - of the counterfeit items identified to date are "H4000112182" or "H3000128511." Another characteristic of these counterfeit warrants is that the font type and size used for the imprinted information across the top of the warrant, as well as for the amount and payee, are not consistent on all parts of the counterfeit warrants.
Any information you have about this matter should be brought to the attention of:
Department of Financial Services
State of Florida
200 East Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Telephone: (850) 413-3163
CounterfeitWarrants@dfs.state.fl.us
Information concerning these instruments may be forwarded to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-4040, 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 Web site at
www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2004/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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Michael J. Zamorski |
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Director
Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection |
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
Note: Paper copies of FDIC Special Alerts may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (1-877-275-3342 or (703) 562-2200).
