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Special Alerts
| SA-159-2005
November 7, 2005
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| TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security
Officer) |
| SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit Checks |
| Summary: |
Counterfeit checks drawn on Indiana First Savings Bank,
Indiana, Pennsylvania, are reportedly in circulation. |
Indiana First Savings Bank, Indiana, Pennsylvania, has
contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report
that counterfeit checks bearing
the institution's name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 043001435, which
is assigned to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania).
Indiana First
Savings Bank, which does business as Indiana First Bank, issues checks
through an account at the Federal Home Loan Bank. The counterfeit items
are quite
similar to authentic official checks in style, font and layout. However,
the counterfeit items state, "Security features included. See back
for details." Authentic checks do not have this feature. A copy of
a counterfeit item and an authentic official check (VOID) are attached
for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to
the attention of:
Douglas A. Hilditch
Vice President Audit and Compliance
Indiana First Savings Bank
935 Philadelphia Street
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701
Telephone: (800) 349-2814 or (724) 349-2812 Extension 244
Fax: (724) 349-4346
www.infirstbank.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
Web site at www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2005/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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Christopher J. Spoth |
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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, 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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