News Release 98-42
For: IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Frank D. Vance, Jr.  (202) 874-4700
Date: April 27, 1998

               OCC ANNOUNCES 17  NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
                        AND THREE TERMINATIONS

WASHINGTON, DC --The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
today announced 20 enforcement actions taken against
national banks.  The 20 actions released today include: one
formal agreement, five civil money penalties, two personal
cease and desist orders, one cease and desist order, two
personal cease and desist orders for restitution, one prompt
corrective action directive, five  removals/prohibitions, and
three 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 to 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
enforcment actions taken since August 1989 on its Internet
Web Site located at http://www.occ.treas.gov/enforce.htm.

FORMAL AGREEMENT, BY CONSENT
No.       Bank/City                                     Date
North Dakota
98-15  The First National Bank of McClusky, McClusky 02/17/98

CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, BY CONSENT 
No.       Individual/Bank/City                          Date
Illinois
98-12      First Suburban National Bank, Maywood     02/02/98
98-18      Donald Anderson, Park National Bank and Trust of
           Chicago, Chicago                          04/10/98
98-19      Raymond J. Allen, Park National Bank and Trust of
           Chicago, Chicago                          04/10/98

Maryland
98-11 Salem Eduardo Nazar, Capital Bank, N.A., Rockville
                                                     02/27/98

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CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, BY CONSENT (cont.)
Puerto Rico
98-14  Jose E. Alegria Campos, Banco Nacional, N.A., Hato
               Rey                                   02/02/98

PERSONAL CEASE AND DESIST ORDER, BY CONSENT
No.       Individual/Bank/City                          Date
Illinois
98-18          Donald Anderson, Park National Bank and Trust
               of Chicago, Chicago                   04/10/98

Maryland
98-11 Salem Eduardo Nazar, Capital Bank, N.A., Rockville
                                                     02/27/98

CEASE AND DESIST ORDER, BY CONSENT
No.       Individual/Bank/City                           Date
New York
98-1      Broadway National Bank, New York            04/13/98

PERSONAL CEASE AND DESIST ORDER FOR RESTITUTION, BY
CONSENT 
No.       Individual/Bank/City                           Date
Illinois
98-19       Raymond J. Allen, Park National Bank and Trust of
            Chicago, Chicago                         04/10/98

Texas
98-17 Daniel Lisbony, Bank of America Texas, N.A., Irving
                                                     04/10/98

PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTION DIRECTIVE
No.       Bank/City                                       Date
Texas
98-20       Western American National Bank, Bedford   04/06/98

REMOVALS/PROHIBITIONS, BY CONSENT 
No.       Individual/Bank/City                            Date
Illinois
98-19       Raymond J. Allen, Park National Bank and Trust of
             Chicago, Chicago                          04/10/98

Maryland
98-11  Salem Eduardo Nazar, Capital Bank, N.A., Rockville
       02/27/98

Puerto Rico
98-14  Jose E. Alegria Campos, Banco Nacional, N.A., Hato
               Rey                                    02/02/98

Texas
98-16   Carlos Ferguson, NationsBank, N.A., Dallas     03/05/98
98-17   Daniel Lisbony, Bank of America Texas, N.A.,
        Irving                                         04/10/98

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TERMINATION OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS 
No.            Name/Bank/City/Old EA#                   Date
California
98-13   FORMAL AGREEMENT Vineyard National Bank, Cucamonga, 
                     Rancho Cucamonga #96-12           2/6/98

Nebraska
98-22  FORMAL AGREEMENT James D. Krantz, The First National
       Bank of Bayard, Bayard #94-150                  3/20/98

98-21  PERSONAL CEASE AND DESIST ORDER John H.
       Becker,  The Otoe County National
       Bank and Trust Co., Nebraska City, #9643/18/98
                                 













































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banks in the United States, accounting for 58% of the nation's
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competitive national banking system that supports the citizens,
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