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March 2023
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March 3, 2023
FinCEN posts alert on check fraud through postal service
In light of a nationwide surge in check fraud schemes targeting the U.S. Mail, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an alert on Monday to financial institutions to be vigilant in identifying and reporting such activity. This alert provided an overview of a recent surge in mail theft-related check fraud, highlighted select redflags to assist financial institutions in identifying and reporting suspicious activity and remindedfinancial …
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February 2023
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February 27, 2023
Counterfeit savings bonds becoming issue in Oklahoma
SSA Lantz Stuart, with the U. S. Secret Service, one of our federal partners, has shared information that counterfeit U.S. Savings Bonds are being fraudulently negotiated in financial institutions across Oklahoma. He has notified us that losses were large ($176,000) for the impacted banks in Nevada where it originated and nationwide losses are estimated at over $50 million. This activity …
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February 22, 2023
OBA Fraud department examining transition during upcoming year
As the calendar turned to 2023, it became evident the Oklahoma Bankers Association was going to celebrate an important milestone anniversary this year for one of its employees. Elaine Dodd, the OBA’s resident fraud expert, will have her 20th anniversary at the beginning of October. Hired in 2003, Dodd’s work has surpassed all hopes and expectations the OBA leadership …
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February 15, 2023
OBA scholarship available for incoming Oklahoma college students
Each year, the OBA awards a $1,000 scholarship to an incoming freshman who has a parent, grandparent, sibling or spouse who is a Professional Member of the Association. The student must enroll in an accredited Oklahoma institution of higher education. The applicant must also be graduating from an Oklahoma high school. A panel of bankers will select the winning applicant. …
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February 10, 2023
ABA: Banks can’t fight check fraud alone
American Bankers Association SVP Paul Brenda relayed to CNBC how check fraud is one of the oldest scams in finance but it is still one of the most pressing. “Banks reported nearly 250,00 cases of check fraud nationwide in 2021,” cited by CNBC. Brenda reported the source of the issue as the inadequacies of the Postal Service to protect the …
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Jeremy Cowen, Senior Vice President/Communications
Email: jeremy@oba.com | Phone: Ext. 113
Jeremy has been in charge of the Oklahoma Banker newspaper as well as the OBA website and other member communications since joining the OBA in January 2002. A native of Hartshorne and a 1997 graduate of the University of Oklahoma, he enjoys meeting and talking with the different people he encounters while doing his job. Previously, Jeremy worked as a sports writer in Lawton and, for the four years prior to joining the OBA, Lubbock, Texas, where he decided the town wasn’t big enough for both him and Bobby Knight. When not working, Jeremy loves to hike, read, watch football, baseball and boxing and teach journalism to high school and college students. And, if you ask, there’s a good chance he will regale you with the story about being interviewed on ESPN by Chris Fowler.