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Special Alerts
| SA-8-2005
January 25, 2005
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| TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security Officer)
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| SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks |
| Summary: |
Counterfeit cashier's checks drawn on Cornerstone Community Bank, Chattanooga, Tennessee, are reportedly in circulation.
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Cornerstone Community Bank, Chattanooga, Tennessee, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number of 064202530 assigned to The Bank/First Citizens Bank, Cleveland, Tennessee, rather than the routing number of 061304363 assigned to Cornerstone Community Bank.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:
Pamela A. Fleenor
General Counsel - Compliance
Cornerstone Community Bank
6401 Lee Highway, Suite B
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
Telephone: (423) 385-3000
Fax: (423) 385-3100
DKilgore@cscb-chatt.com
Information about these instruments may be forwarded to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-4040, 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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Michael J. Zamorski |
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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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