Alert 2013-8
Subject: Fictitious Checks
Date: May 17, 2013 Description: Capitol National Bank
Fictitious Checks Drawn on Capitol National Bank, Lansing, Mich.To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks and Federal Savings Associations; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (Districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsels; and All Examining Personnel The above-named bank has reported that fictitious business checks issued in the name of The Michigan Bulletin but drawn on an official bank account number and using a correct routing number of 072413450 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with an Internet modeling scam. The fictitious checks may be identified by the following: Fictitious items contain a business account name of The Michigan Bulletin in the top-left corner of the check. Items presented to date have been made payable in the amounts of $2,450 or $2,850 and contain a memo line of “VOID AFTER 90 DAYS.” Recipients of the fictitious items are being contacted through Facebook with a request to use his or her photograph for advertisements in The Michigan Bulletin. The recipients are instructed to immediately deposit the check into their bank accounts and wire $400 to a third party using Western Union. Thus far, it would appear that the targeted victims are teenagers and young adults. For additional information and guidance and to verify the authenticity of checks drawn on Capitol National Bank, please contact Katie Bowen-Styka, Customer Service Manager, by mail at 200 Washington Square N., Lansing, MI 48933, by telephone at (517) 374-1358, or by e-mail at Katie.bowen-styka@capitolnational.com. Consumers who receive a counterfeit or fictitious item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies, as appropriate:
Additional information concerning this matter that should be brought to the attention of the OCC may be forwarded to
For additional information regarding other types of financial fraud, please visit the OCC’s anti-fraud resource at www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection/fraud-resources/index-fraud-resources.html. Ellen M. Warwick
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