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Special Alert: SA2009054

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Date: December 07, 2009
To: All Issuing Offices
RE: Special Alert - AmTrust Bank

Dear Associates:

On Friday, December 4, 2009, AmTrust Bank, located in Cleveland, OH was closed by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver.

The FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with New York Community B...

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