The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) of Canada has published the attached Warning Notice (Issue Number 42), which contains the names of two entities: Premiere Insurance Group, Toronto, Ontario; and Crestal Bank, Montreal, Quebec. These entities, or persons representing them, are operating in Canada. They may be violating provisions of the Bank Act (Canada) or other Canadian federal financial institution regulations. They may also be conducting unauthorized banking transactions in the United States. Any proposed transactions involving these entities should be viewed with extreme caution.
Any information about these entities may be forwarded to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, NW, Room F-4040, Washington, DC 20429, or sent electronically to alert@fdic.gov.
Each OSFI Warning Notice, beginning with Issue Number 1, and OSFI's latest cumulative Warning List may be found at http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/osfi/index_e.aspx?ArticleID=166.
For your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's Web site at www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2003/index.html. To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts, Financial Institution Letters and other announcements through e-mail, please visit www.fdic.gov/news/news/announcements/index.html.
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Michael J. Zamorski |
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Attachment (May be found at http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/osfi/index_e.aspx?ArticleID=166.)
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
NOTE: Paper copies of FDIC Special Alerts may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (1-877-275-3342, option 5, or (703) 562-2200).
