Stupid criminal tricks
If you’re going to float a forged check, you really ought to avoid counterfeiting drafts from a bank that collapsed in the biggest, most public failure of 2008. The FDIC reports that IndyMac Federal Bank, F.S.B., of Pasadena, Calif., has reported that counterfeit official checks bearing the institution’s name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 122037171, which is assigned to an Integrated Payment Systems account held at Wells Fargo Bank, Ltd., Los Angeles, California. Currently, IndyMac Federal Bank issues official checks through this account. The items are similar to authentic official checks; however, the counterfeit items display a security feature statement along the bottom border between two padlocks.
But you can probably ignore the description. I’d just avoid any check drawn on IndyMac.
Don Mecoy
Business Writer
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