Jul15 FBI Issue Fraudulent Unemployment Filings Update
The FBI has issued a bulletin on the increase in fraudulently filed unemployment insurance claims related to the current pandemic. In this fraud, criminals use consumers’ stolen personally identifiable information to file the claims and then use money mules―both unwitting and complicit―to transfer and/or remove the funds.

Jul07 Coinage Shortage Continues, OBL Provides Fact Sheet to Members
The U.S. Mint is increasing coinage production and working with the Federal Reserve to combat the current shortage of coins in circulation. With many businesses in Ohio an across the nations still closed, in-person retail transactions down and coin-return kiosks still seeing reduced traffic, the problem is not expected to abate any time soon. The OBL has produced this fact sheet including tips for increasing coin deposits at member banks and to help increase coin circulation.