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Special Alerts
| SA-74-2004
October 15, 2004
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| TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security Officer) |
| SUBJECT: |
Missing Cashier's Checks
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| Summary: |
Missing cashier's checks drawn on Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A., Newport Beach, California, may be in circulation.
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Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A., Newport Beach, California, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that cashier's checks from the institution are missing.
The cashier's checks were reportedly lost in shipment. These instruments display the routing number of 322270356 for Downey Savings and Loan Association. The account number on all of the checks is 4955007749, and the check number range is 4531003001 through 4531003500. A copy of an authentic cashier's check (VOID) is attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:
Jim White
Director of Security
Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A.
3501 Jamboree Road
Newport Beach, California 92660
Telephone: (949) 509-4150
Fax: (949) 823-5487
jwhite@downeysavings.com
Information about 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 |
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, 801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (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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