The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has learned that counterfeit cashier's checks drawn on Central Florida State Bank, Belleview, Florida, and payable through Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Boston, Massachusetts, are currently in circulation. The counterfeit instruments have the bank's routing number of 011007092. Attached for your review is an example of a counterfeit check.

Any information you have about this matter should be brought to the attention of:

Mr. Earl Green
Chief Financial Officer
Central Florida State Bank
11800 S. HWY 441
Belleview, Florida 34421
Telephone: (352) 347-4800
FAX: (352) 347-4801

Counterfeit official checks drawn on Sun Federal Credit Union, Maumee, Ohio, are also in circulation. While the items bear the credit union's routing number of 241282412, they do not have the institution's phone numbers below the address. The counterfeit items appear to be quality copies of the credit union's genuine instruments. An example of a counterfeit item and a copy of a genuine official check (void) are attached for your review.

Any information you have about this matter should be brought to the attention of:

Ms. Melinda A. Miller
Coordinator
Sun Federal Credit Union
1625 Holland Road
Maumee, Ohio 43537
Telephone: 1-800-786-0945; extension 244
FAX: (419) 893-8887

Information about these financial institutions or instruments may be forwarded to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, NW, Room F-4040, Washington, DC 20429, or transmitted electronically to alert@fdic.gov.

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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