FBI Issues Alert of Threats on U.S. Banks
Fri Apr 19, 1:58 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has received "unsubstantiated information" that "unspecified terrorists" are considering physical attacks against U.S. financial institutions, the FBI (news - web sites) said on Friday.
The FBI alert, which came as the world's finance ministers gathered in Washington for the IMF (news - web sites) and World Bank (news - web sites) meeting, said the information shows the attacks would be in the northeast, particularly on banks.
"While the FBI has no information about any specific plot or threats to any specific institution, out of an abundance of caution an alert has been transmitted to law enforcement and to financial institutions."
It said those were in the states of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Washington, D.C.
The alert has been provided to law enforcement and financial institutions who have been requested to report any threats or suspicious activity to their local FBI office, FBI said.
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