Alert 2006-16
OCC ALERT  

    Subject:  Unauthorized Banking
Description:  Current List of OCC Alerts on Unauthorized Banking

       Date:  March 28, 2006

TO:  Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State
     Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the
     Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance
     Corporation; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy
     Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers;
     District Counsel and All Examining Personnel

RE:  Unauthorized Banking List

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issues
alerts, among other reasons, to provide information about
entities engaged in unauthorized banking activities, both
offshore and domestic.  Attached to this alert is an alphabetical
listing of all such entities named in OCC alerts from the year
1996 to date.  This listing is intended to aid in the search for
names of such entities and to indicate the nature of the problem
that prompted the issuance.  Please refer to the original alert
for more complete information.

Individual OCC alerts, from the year 1994 to date, are available
on the OCC's Internet Web site at [http://www.occ.treas.gov],
listed under "Issuances."
     
Any information that you may have concerning this matter should
be brought to the attention of:

               E-mail:   occalertresponses@occ.treas.gov
                 Mail:   Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
                         Enforcement & Compliance Division, MS 8-10
                         250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC   20219
                  Fax:   (202) 874-5301
             Internet:   http://www.occ.treas.gov
     
     

Brian C. McCormally
Director for Enforcement & Compliance

Attachment:  Unauthorized Banks List
        [http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/alert/2006-16a.pdf]