MemoSAC Denver to SAC Seattle re fraudulent $900 AMEXCO money orders24 March 1982page 2 of 2
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Part 46, page 342

DB Cooper-19197Serials DN 164-640, SE 164-81

Document date 24 March 1982

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Memorandum

To : SAC, SEATTLE (164A-81) Date 3/24/82

From : SAC, DENVER (164A-640) (RUC)

Subject : NORJAK GAA - HIJACKING OO: SEATTLE

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Re Seattle letter to Denver, dated 11/6/81.

Enclosed is one copy each of American Express Company (AMEXCO) T. I. D. Number [REDACTED] AMEXCO Money Order Number [REDACTED] The First National Bank of Denver Transit Collection Letter Number TC [REDACTED] and Denver letter to Houston, dated 3/22/82, captioned "Unsub, aka [REDACTED] AMEXCO File [REDACTED] ITSP: 00: Houston".

The following information was furnished on 3/22/82 by [REDACTED] AMEXCO, Money Order Division, Englewood, Colorado:

On 12/8/81, personnel at the Houston 1st American Savings, 6201 Kirby, Houston, Texas, printed AMEXCO Money Orders [REDACTED] in the amount of $900 each. The customer paid for these items with a check on an account which was closed.

The original AMEXCO Money Order [REDACTED] was negotiated and submitted through normal banking channels to AMEXCO, Englewood, Colorado, for payment. On 3/3/82, AMEXCO officials returned the original money order to Houston National Bank, P. O. Box 299001, Houston, Texas.

On 3/22/82, [REDACTED] made available copies of the AMEXCO T. I. D.; the money order, and the Transit Collection Letter; and on 3/22/82, the Denver FBI Office disseminated this information to Houston by Denver letter dated 3/22/82, a copy of which is enclosed.

Seattle is requested to review the money order inasmuch as the sender of this money order is indicated to be a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] city and state unknown.

Investigation to be conducted is being left to the discretion of Seattle, office of origin.

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