NR 2000 - 14
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Frank D. Vance, Jr.  (202) 874-4700
March 2, 2000

             OCC ANNOUNCES 17 NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
                                 
WASHINGTON, DC --The Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency (OCC) today announced 17 new enforcement 
actions taken against national banks and individuals 
currently and formerly affiliated with national banks. 
  
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
Florida
2000-3    Continental National Bank of Miami, Miami         1/18/2000
Minnesota
2000-4 he First National Bank of Cass Lake, Cass Lake       2/2/2000

CIVIL MONEY PENALTY, BY CONSENT
No.     Individual/Bank/City                                  Date
Florida
99-110  Roy Binger, Peoples National Bank of                12/21/99
        Commerce, Miami
REMOVALS, BY CONSENT
No.       Individual/Bank/City                                Date
California
2000-5 Lawaii Bevans, City National Bank, Beverly Hills      1/18/00
2000-6 Joseph S. Gardner, II, City National Bank,            2/8/00
	Beverly Hills
2000-7 Luisita de los Santos, City National Bank,            2/10/00
	Beverly Hills
2000-8 Brian C. Cia, Bank of America, San Francisco          2/8/00
2000-9 Daniel D. Dagnino, Bank of America, San Francisco     2/7/00
                    


North Carolina
2000-10   Karen D. Mouling, Bank of America, Charlotte      1/18/00
2000-11   Aimee E. Reed, First Union National Bank,         2/8/00
	  Charlotte
Ohio
2000-12   Navneet Paul Singh, Bank One, N.A., Columbus      2/10/00

Texas
2000-13   James E. Hughes, Sr., First National              1/19/00
	  Bank of Newton, Newton
PERSONAL CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS FOR RESTITUTION, BY
CONSENT
No.       Bank/City                                          Date
California
2000-5    Lawaii Bevans, City National Bank,                1/18/00
	  Beverly Hills	
Texas
2000-13   James E. Hughes, Sr., First National              1/19/00
          Bank of Newton, Newton
TERMINATIONS OF EXISTING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
No.       Bank, City, Old EA#                                Date
Kansas
99-111    Sunflower Bank, N.A., Salina                      11/16/99
          (Terminates 99-55) 
Ohio
99-112    Morgan Bank, N.A., Hudson (Terminates 97-33)       8/4/99

Texas
2000-14   Western American National Bank,                    1/11/00
           Bedford (Terminates 98-20)                                
   








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