Counterfeit checks issue for big community bank

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on November 9, 2009 at 10:44 am

For the second time in two months, a local bank has alerted the FDIC that fake checks bearing its name are making the rounds. This time around, the counterfeit cashier’s checks are being presented in the name of First Farmers and Merchants Bank, the $940 million institution based in Columbia with 19 offices in seven counties on the south side of the Nashville MSA.

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Tags: counterfeit checks, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., financial regulation, First Farmers & Merchants Bank, fraud  

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