FCA Info Memo - Copies of Financial Institution Letters and OCC Alerts

Informational Memorandum
Subject:	Copies of Financial Institution Letters and OCC Alerts
Date of Memorandum:	05/07/2002
Expiration Date:
Office:	OE
Signed By:	Smith, Roland
FCA Contact Person:	Holland, Tom
Contact Phone:	703-883-4484
List of Attachments:

INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM

May 7, 2002

To: The Chief Executive Officer
All Farm Credit System Institutions

From: Roland E. Smith, Director
Office of Examination

Subject: Copies of Financial Institution Letters and OCC Alerts

Attached are copies of the following Financial Institution Letters (FILs) issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and OCC Alerts issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). We have also included links to Web sites for those of you who wish to access them through the Internet.

Subject

FIL-11-2002	Entities That May Be Conducting Banking Operations in Canada or the United States Without Authorization http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2002/fil0211.html
FIL-12-2002	Counterfeit Official Bank Checks http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2002/fil0212.html
FIL-15-2002	Counterfeit Cashier’s Checks http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2002/fil0215.html
FIL-18-2002	Stolen Treasurer’s Checks http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2002/fil0218.html
FIL-21-2002	CounterfeitCashier’s Checks http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2002/fil0221.html
FIL-28-2002	Counterfeit Personal Money Orders http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2002/fil0228.html
FIL-30-2002	Fraudulent Bonus Checks For Non-Existent Jobs http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2002/fil0230.html
Alert 2002-1	Suspicious Transactions—TCF National Bank letters of confirmation http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/alert/2002-1.doc
Alert 2002-2	Unauthorized Banking—Chase Trust Bank http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/alert/2002-2.doc

These documents contain information that may prevent your institution from suffering a financial loss, and include contacts should you have information about the subject entities or instruments. This memorandum complements similar FILs, OCC Alerts, and other information previously shared by the Farm Credit Administration with Farm Credit System institutions. Please keep it for future reference. For your information, FILs may be found on the FDIC’s Web site at http://www.fdic.gov under “Newsroom, Events & FOIA.” OCC Alerts may be found on the OCC’s Web site at http://www.occ.treas.gov under “2002 Alerts.”

If you have any questions about this memorandum, please call Thomas J. Holland, Director, Special Examination and Supervision Division, Office of Examination, at (703) 883-4483, or write to him on the Internet at e-mail address hollandt@fca.gov.