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OCC Announces Nine New Enforcement Actions and Four Terminations

 

WASHINGTON -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced nine new enforcement actions taken against national banks and individuals currently and formerly affiliated with national banks and four terminations of existing enforcement actions.

 

A list of enforcement actions previously disclosed and copies of the actual documents are available from the OCC’s Communications Division by writing to: Comptroller of the Currency, Public Information Room (1-5), Washington, DC  20219.  Requests made by facsimile transmission should be sent to (202) 874-4448.  Please include the identifying enforcement action number when placing an order.  Enforcement actions are also listed monthly in OCC Interpretations and Actions.  Subscriptions to that publication are available from the OCC’s Communications Division.

 

The OCC also maintains a searchable database of all public enforcement actions taken since August 1989 on its Internet Web site located at http://www.occ.treas.gov/enforce/enforce.htm.

 

Formal Agreements, By Consent

No.

Bank/City

Date

Maryland

 

2003-33

Industrial Bank, N.A., Oxon Hill

04/21/03

 

 

Removals/Prohibitions, By Consent

No.

Name/Bank/City

Date

Illinois

 

2003-34

Wendy A. Webb, Bank One, N.A., Chicago

03/19/03

 

North Carolina

 

2003-35

Keisha Davis, Bank of America, National Association, Charlotte

04/21/03

2003-36

Connie Jones-Kennedy, Bank of America, N.A., Charlotte

04/28/03

 

Cease and Desist Orders, By Consent

No.

Bank/City

Date

Florida

 

2003-37

Guaranty National Bank of Tallahassee, Tallahassee

05/02/03

 

 

Illinois

 

2003-38

National Bank of the Great Lakes, Elmhurst

04/11/03

 

Oregon

 

2003-39

First Consumers National Bank, Beaverton

04/15/03

 

Personal Cease and Desist Orders, By Consent

No.

Name/Bank/City

Date

Alabama

 

2003-40

Saks Incorporated, a Tennessee Corporation, Birmingham (National Bank of the Great Lakes, Elmhurst, IL)

04/11/03

Florida

 

2003-41

Alina Cannon, Hamilton Bank, N.A., Miami

04/24/03

 

 

Terminations of Existing Enforcement Actions

No.

Type/Bank/City/Old EA#

Date

District of Columbia

 

2003-42

FORMAL AGREEMENT, Industrial Bank, N.A., Washington (EA #98-43)

04/21/03

Texas

2003-43

FORMAL AGREEMENT, Clear Lake National Bank, San Antonio (EA #2001-41)

03/21/03

Washington

 

2003-44

FORMAL AGREEMENT, North Cascades National Bank, Chelan (EA #2002-29)

04/16/03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,100 national banks and 52 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States, accounting for 55 percent of the nation’s banking assets.  Its mission is to ensure a safe, sound and competitive national banking system that supports the citizens, communities and economy of the United States.