NR 2000-39
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          
Contact: Frank D. Vance, Jr.  (202) 874-4700
May 31, 2000 
               OCC ANNOUNCES 23 NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
                                   
WASHINGTON, DC --The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
(OCC) today announced  23 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
Minnesota
99-115    Bremer Bank, National Association, Detroit Lakes		11/12/99

Ohio
99-116    Malta National Bank, Malta                     		10/28/99

Oklahoma
2000-38   The First National Bank and Trust Company, Nowata		4/19/00

Texas
2000-39   Anahuac National Bank, Anahuac                   		4/4/00
                                 
REMOVALS AND PROHIBITIONS, BY CONSENT
No.       Individual/Bank/City                               		Date
California
2000-40   Victoria P. Moreland, Bay Cities National Bank, Redondo
Beach                                                      		5/5/00
99-117    Ward Harrington, Monument National Bank, Ridgecrest		3/31/99

                                 
REMOVALS AND PROHIBITIONS, BY CONSENT (cont.)

99-118    Jack Noyer, Monument National Bank, Ridgecrest  		3/31/99
2000-41   William G. Villanueva, Bank of America, San Francisco		3/28/00
2000-42   Stephen A. King, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco	5/10/00

Florida
99-119    Thaddeus Wilcox, Peoples National Bank of Commerce, Miami	11/5/99

CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, BY CONSENT
No.       Individual/Bank/City                               		Date
Florida
99-119    Thaddeus Wilcox, Peoples National Bank of Commerce, Miami	11/5/99

Illinois
2000-43   Larry Henson, First Illinois National Bank, Savanna		5/10/00

Texas
99-120    Gary G. Jacobs, Laredo National Bank, Laredo    		10/1/99

PERSONAL CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS FOR RESTITUTION, BY
CONSENT
No.       Bank/City                                          		Date
California
99-117    Ward Harrington, Monument National Bank, Ridgecrest		3/31/99
99-118    Jack Noyer, Monument National Bank, Ridgecrest  		3/31/99
2000-42   Stephen A. King, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco	5/10/00
2000-44   Veenindra Singh, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco	5/1/00
               
PERSONAL CEASE AND DESIST ORDER, BY CONSENT
No.       Bank/City                                          		Date
California
2000-44   Veenindra Singh, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco	5/1/00

TERMINATIONS OF EXISTING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
No.       Bank, City, Old EA#                                		Date
Colorado
2000-45   First National Bank, Telluride (EA #99-76)      		4/14/00

Kansas
2000-46   Heartland Bank, National Association, Jewell (EA #98-28)	1/20/00

                              
TERMINATIONS OF EXISTING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS (cont.)
Ohio
99-116    Malta National Bank, Malta (EA#98-93)          		10/28/99

Texas
2000-47   First National Bank of O'Donnell, O'Donnell (EA# 98-71)	4/27/00



                            
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national banks and 59 federal branches and agencies of foreign
banks in the United States, accounting for 59 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.