Clearfield
Bank &
Trust
Company,
Clearfield,
Pennsylvania,
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
031306294,
which is
assigned
to
Clearfield
Bank &
Trust
Company.
The
counterfeit
items
are very
similar
to
authentic
cashier's
checks,
however;
the
items
display
an
address
in the
top
center.
Authentic
checks
have a
light
blue
marble
background
with a
security
feature
statement
embedded
in the
top
border.
The
bank's
logo and
name are
shown in
the top
center.
Copies
of a
counterfeit
item and
an
authentic
check
(VOID)
are
attached
for your
review.
Please
be aware
that the
appearance
of
counterfeit
items
can be
modified
and that
additional
variations
may be
presented.
Any
information
you have
concerning
this
matter
should
be
brought
to the
attention
of:
Bookkeeping
Department
Clearfield
Bank
&
Trust
Company
11
North
2nd
Street
P.O.
Box
171
Clearfield,
Pennsylvania
16830
Telephone:
(814)
765-7551
Fax:
(814)
765-2943
E-mail:
support@cbtfinancial.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.
Questions
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
website
at
www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2009/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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Sandra L. Thompson
Director
Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection |
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Attachment
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available
electronically)
NOTE: As
a
security
precaution,
the FDIC
does not
post to
its Web
site
electronic
images
of
fraudulent
items or
authentic
checks
that
have
been
counterfeited.
This is
to avoid
attempts
by
others
to use
these
instruments
to
facilitate
additional
fraud.
Financial
institutions
can view
images
of the
fraudulent
items
and
authentic
checks
(marked
as VOID)
using
the
FDIC's
free,
secure
Web
site,
FDICconnect.
(See
more
information
about
FDICconnect
at
http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2006/fil06032.html.)
Printed
copies
of each
Special
Alert
and its
attachment(s)
may also
be
obtained
from the
FDIC's
Public
Information
Center
(telephone:
1-877-275-3342
or
703-562-2200;
fax:
703-562-2296;
or
e-mail:
publicinfo@fdic.gov).
