Certificate of deposit interest checks drawn on Citizens First Bank, Wartburg, Tennessee, have been reported stolen

Special Alerts
SA-201-2007
August 3, 2007

TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security Officer)SUBJECT: Stolen Certificate of Deposit Interest ChecksSummary: Certificate of deposit interest checks drawn on Citizens First Bank, Wartburg, Tennessee, have been reported stolen.

Citizens First Bank, Wartburg, Tennessee, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that 1,500 certificate of deposit interest checks were stolen. These instruments include the routing number 064204402, which is assigned to Citizens First Bank. Serial numbers associated with these checks are 21818 through 21864.

Any information you may have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:

Betty Maden
Senior Vice President
Citizens First Bank
P.O. Box 1189
Wartburg, Tennessee 37887
Telephone: (423) 346-2265
Fax: (865) 435-7496
E-mail: bmaden@cfbbank.com

Alternate contact:

Wendell S. Langley
Senior Vice President
Citizens First Bank
P.O. Box 1189
Wartburg, Tennessee 37887
Telephone: (423) 346-2265
Fax: (423) 346-2946
E-mail: wlangley@cfbbank.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. Questions 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 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