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Special Alerts
| SA-186-2005
December 9, 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 the Columbia
State Bank, Tacoma, Washington, are reportedly in circulation. |
Columbia State Bank, Tacoma, Washington, 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 125108272, which
is assigned to Columbia State Bank, and display the address "5501 Pacific Hwy
E, Fife, WA 98424-2529." The bank has not had a branch at that address
for three years. Authentic checks are protectographed with a facsimile
signature of the respective branch manager. 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:
Michelle Hill
Fraud Investigation Officer
Columbia State Bank
P O Box 2156, MS OP-2119
Tacoma, WA 98401-2156
Telephone: (253) 471-4081
Fax: (253) 471-5030
mhill@columbiabank.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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