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Special Alerts
| SA-175-2005
November 29, 2005
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| TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security
Officer) |
| SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit
Cashier's Checks |
| Summary: |
Counterfeit
cashier's checks drawn on East West
Bank, San Marino, California, are reportedly in circulation. |
East West Bank, San Marino, California, 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 322070381, which
is assigned to East West Bank. The counterfeit items are dissimilar
to authentic cashier's
checks. Authentic checks have a logo in the top-left corner of the check;
counterfeit checks do not display a logo. Also, authentic checks display
the following wording across the top of the check: "This multi-tone
area of the document changes color gradually and evenly from dark to light." The
counterfeit items display the following wording: "This document has
a colored background and microprinting. The reverse side includes an artificial
watermark." A copy of a counterfeit item and an authentic cashier's
check (VOID) are attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to
the attention of:
Krishan Sirimane
Vice President – Bank Operations and Risk Management
or
Francisco Espinoza
Assistant Vice President – Assistant Risk Manager
East West Bank
415 Huntington Drive
San Marino, California 91108
Telephone: (626) 300-6340 or (626) 300-6341
Fax: (626) 281-0367
ksiriman@eastwestbank.com
fespinoza@eastwestbank.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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