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Special Alert

BSA/AML, OFAC and Fraud
April 8, 1996

TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SUBJECT: Entities That May Be Conducting Banking Operations
In The United States Without Authorization

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has advised us that the following two entities may be conducting banking business in the United States illegally or without authorization. Any proposed transactions involving either of these entities should be viewed with extreme caution.

Chartered Bank of North America Limited 51 Newark Street Hoboken, New Jersey

Pueblo National Bank 12001 Sierra Grande Avenue, N.E. Albuquerque, New Mexico

Please forward any information concerning these entities to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-612, Washington, D.C. 20429.

Nicholas J. Ketcha Jr.
Director

Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)


FIL-18-96

Last Updated: April 8, 1996