FBI New Orleans Division
The New Orleans Field Office continues to address a multitude of fraud and embezzlement schemes perpetrated upon the states financial community. The state's financial community has not experienced a financial institution failure since the failure of the Oak Tree Savings Bank, New Orleans, Louisiana, which occurred in 1991. However, other fraud and embezzlement schemes as well as new schemes with the advances of technology continue. Of these fraud schemes, the New Orleans FBI addresses loan frauds, counterfeiting, structuring violations, credit card fraud, bribery/gratuity, check fraud, and check-kiting. These schemes involve a range of bank officials and employees as well as various individuals, organized groups, and businesses. Advances in technology, in part due to computers, copiers, and availability of these devices, has increased the complexity and severity of these various types of bank fraud.