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SPECIAL ALERT

FIL-62-2002
June 14, 2002

TO:	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SUBJECT:	Stolen Bank Note Security Paper

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to alert all FDIC-supervised banks to the theft of bank note security paper from the Denver County (Colorado) Vital Statistics Office. The paper was sent to a private disposal company for destruction on January 22, 2002; however, one of the pieces of security paper that was supposed to be destroyed was recently presented at a Social Security Office in the form of a birth certificate. It is not known how much of the paper was actually destroyed or how much may be in circulation. These are not the same documents reported in FIL-41-2002, dated May 2, 2002.

The items stolen include:

Birth certificates (state short form 8" x 7") numbered as follows:

1672918-1673500 1711501-1715500

1685480-1685500 1757334-1757499

1706591-1707500 1759501-1761500

1708658-1709500

Death certificates (state long form 8 ½" x 11") numbered as follows:

1535929-1536000 1550001-1550500

1536719-1537000 1551001-1553500

1549261-1549500 1555501-1556500

1549802-1550000

A group of pocket-size documents (4" x 2 ¾") numbered as follows:

28101-30000 33494-34000

If you have any information about this matter, please contact Denver Police Department Detective John Costigan at jcostiga@dhha.org or (303) 436-7660. You may also contact FBI Special Agent Mike Barnett at (303) 628-3155.

Information about these documents also may be forwarded to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, NW, Room F-6012, Washington, DC 20429, or transmitted electronically to alert@fdic.gov.

For your reference, all FDIC Financial Institution Letters published since January of 1995 may be found on the FDIC's Web site at www.fdic.gov under "News, Events & FOIA." To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Financial Institution Letters through e-mail, please visit http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/announcements/index.html..

	Michael J. Zamorski
	Director

Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)

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Last Updated 06/14/2001 communications@fdic.gov