Counterfeit Personal Money Orders bearing the name KleinBank, Chaska, Minnesota, are reportedly in circulation

KleinBank, Big Lake, Minnesota, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit personal money orders bearing the institution's name are in circulation.

The counterfeit items display the routing number 091915654, which is assigned to KleinBank, and are virtually identical to authentic money orders. However, on the counterfeit items, "USDOllars" is printed with a capital "O"; on authentic money orders, the "o" in "USDollars" is not capitalized.

Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic check (VOID) are attached for your review. Be aware that the appearance of counterfeit items can be modified and that additional variations may be presented.

Bank management requests that all money orders be verified. For additional information and guidance, please use the following contact information:

Gary Motzko
Fraud/Security Manager
KleinBank
P.O. Box 487
1550 Audubon Road
Chaska, Minnesota 55318
Telephone: (952) 361-5219
Fax: (952) 556-8597
E-mail: g.motzko@kleinet.com

Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial Crimes Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F- 4004, Washington, D.C. 20429, or transmitted electronically to alert@fdic.gov. Information related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.

For your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's website at http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2007/index.html . To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.

Sandra L. Thompson
Director
Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection