L&N FCU Targeted by Fake Cashier’s Checks

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – L&N FCU has notified federal regulators/louisville/gen/Federal_Deposit that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the credit union's name are in circulation, associated with a secret shopping scam.

L&N FCU does not issue cashier's check, though it does issue official checks.

The counterfeit items display the routing number 011007092, which is assigned to Boston Safe Deposit & Trust. The credit union's official checks are issued by Minneapolis-based Moneygram Payment Systems, Inc., through an account at Boston Safe Deposit. The counterfeit items bear no resemblance to authentic cashier's checks.

The counterfeit checks have a security feature statement embedded in a darkened top border reading, "For security purposes the face of his document contains a colored background and microprinting in the border."

The fake items also have a security statement along the bottom border between two images of padlocks. The words "cashiers check" appear inside a rectangle in the top-right area. The items have a "void" background when copied.