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Special Alerts
| SA-169-2005
November 21, 2005
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| TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security
Officer) |
| SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit Official and Expense Checks |
| Summary: |
Counterfeit official and expense checks drawn on Prosperity
Bank, El Campo, Texas, are reportedly in circulation. |
Prosperity Bank, El Campo, Texas, 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 113122655, which is assigned
to Prosperity Bank, El Campo, Texas. Prosperity Bank issues expense checks,
but not official checks. The counterfeit expense checks are similar in font,
layout and style to authentic expense checks. Copies of a counterfeit official
check, a counterfeit expense check and an authentic expense check (VOID)
are attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to
the attention of:
Michael Harris
Executive Vice President and Cashier
Prosperity Bank
P.O. Box Drawer G
El Campo, Texas 77437
Telephone: (979) 543-2200
Fax: (979) 543-1906
Mike.harris@prosperitybanktx.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
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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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