COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – State regulators are warning consumers and businesses that counterfeit cashier’s checks bearing the issuer Pikes Peak CU are being circulated.
The check numbers identified start with either 535, 536 or 537, and are six-digit check numbers. All of these fraudulent cashier’s checks have a remitter of Bradley Smith. There have been no consistent descriptions of the checks.
These checks have been received throughout the U.S. Some checks have been received in response to job listings on Craig’s List. Others came in response to newspaper classified ads and at least one was provided by a “friend” on Facebook. Every instance is consistent whereby the recipient of the check is asked to forward part of the check to another person or charity. Many times the recipient was instructed to forward funds to a children’s hospital or orphanage.
