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OU'—

FED ER AL RESERVE BANK
O F NEW YORK

D e c e m b e r 11, 1974

FR A U D U L E N T

PR E SE N TM E N T

OF

TREASURY

CHECK

To A ll Banking Institutions
in the Second Federal R eserve District:

The F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Ba nk of A t l a n t a has a n n o u n c e d that there
is a p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t a $ 5 0 0,000 T r e a s u r y c h e c k - - s y m b o l n u m b e r
4 8 7 2 — m a y be p r e s e n t e d by an imposter.
F o l l o w i n g is the text of
the A t l a n t a R e s e r v e B a n k ' s notice:
T h i s i s t o a d v i s e y o u o f t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f a $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 T r e a s u r y
c h e c k b e i n g p r e s e n t e d b y an i m p o s t e r , u n d e r an u n a u t h o r i z e d e n d o r s e ­
m e n t.
P a ym en t o f t h e c h e c k h a s b e e n o r d e r e d s t o p p e d .
A d e s c r ip t io n
o f th e ch eck i s as fo llo w s :
C h e ck Number

-

2 2 6 ,3 8 8

D a te

-

D e c e m b e r 5 S 1 97 ^
F . R a ils b a c k
1 9 0 8 M o r n in g s i d e S t r e e t
J a c k s o n v ille , F lo r id a
32205

P ayee

A m ount

-

$ 500,000

P r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e T r e a s u r y c h e c k s h o u ld b e im m e d ia te ly r e p o r t e d t o
t h e n e a r e s t o f f i c e o f t h e F e d e r a l B u rea u o f I n v e s t i g a t i o n and a d v is e t h a t
o f f i c e t o c o n t a c t t h e FB I i n J a c k s o n v i l l e ( t h e i r f i l e num ber 29-1281+ )
o r t h e FBI i n A t l a n t a ( t h e i r f i l e n u m ber 2 9 - 2 1 3 6 ) .




A l f r e d Ha y e s ,
President.