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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK December 22, 1980 FRAUDULENT CHECKS To All Banking Institutions, and Others Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District: We have been advised that in the past two weeks several fraudulent cashier's and treasurer's checks have been deposited with us by various New York banks for payment in Northern New Jersey. The checks in question originated in the check collection stream in Bogota, Colombia and in Panama. The items are usually drawn in round amounts, ranging between $10,000 and $60 ,000 , and are good-quality forgeries of official checks. We have also been advised that, to date, the fraudulent official checks are purported to have been drawn on the following banks: Fidelity Union Trust Company, N.A. Morristown, New Jersey Heritage Bank-North Jamesburg, New Jersey Midlantic National Bank/South Haddonfield, New Jersey The Morris County Savings Bank Morristown, New Jersey Trust Company of New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey ■ — United Jersey Bank/Northwest Dover, New Jersey Additional copies of this notice will be furnished upon request. A n t h o n y M. So l o m o n , President.
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