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Special Alerts
| SA-191-2005
December 19, 2005
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| TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security
Officer) |
| SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit Official Checks |
| Summary: |
Counterfeit official checks drawn on the Astoria Federal
Savings and Loan Association, Lake Success, New York, are reportedly
in circulation. |
Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association, Lake Success, New York, 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 102000979, which
is assigned to the account of Integrated Payment Systems Inc., Englewood,
Colorado,
held at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Denver, Colorado. Astoria Federal
Savings and Loan Association issues official checks through Integrated
Payment Systems
Inc., Englewood, Colorado. The counterfeit items also display a shadow-box
border, while authentic checks display a scroll border. Authentic items
display "Official Check" in an elongated box within the border
and a lock in the lower-right side of the check. The counterfeit items
display "Official
Check" in an oval in the top-center portion of the check and do not
display a lock. A copy of a counterfeit item and an authentic official
check (VOID) are attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to
the attention of:
Charles Judson
Director of Security
Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association
One Astoria Federal Plaza
Lake Success, New York 11042-1085
Telephone: (516) 327-7830
Fax: (516) 327-7481
cjudson@astoriafederal.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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