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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Information: (202) 874-5770
January 13, 2005 For Copies:       (202) 874-5043

OCC Announces Six Enforcement Actions and Two Terminations

WASHINGTON -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced six new enforcement actions taken against national banks and individuals currently and formerly affiliated with national banks and two 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
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Cease and Desist Orders, By Consent

No.

Bank/City

Date

Florida

2004-138

Eagle National Bank of Miami, N.A., Doral

12/21/04

 

Personal Cease and Desist Orders, By Consent

No.

Name/Bank/City

Date

Arkansas

2004-140

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, LLP, Sinclair National Bank (failed), Gravette

11/30/04

Minnesota

2004-141

Flora Eritsyan, U.S. Bank, N.A., Minneapolis

12/20/04

North Carolina

2004-142

Albert Thorn, Wachovia Bank, N.A., Charlotte

11/04/04

 

Restitutions, By Consent

No.

Bank/City

Date

Arkansas

2004-140

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, LLP, Sinclair National Bank (failed), Gravette

11/10/04

Indiana

2004-139

(AMENDED) Brian Stull, Integra Bank, N.A., Evansville

11/04/04

   

Terminations of Existing Enforcement Actions

No.

Type/Bank/City/Old EA#

Date

Pennsylvania

2004-143

FORMAL AGREEMENT, National Bank of Malvern, Malvern (EA #2001-116)

11/22/04

South Dakota

2004-144

CONSENT ORDER, Valley Bank (National Association), Elk Point (EA #2002-121)  

11/23/04

 

 

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency was created by Congress to charter national banks, to oversee a nationwide system of banking institutions, and to assure that national banks are safe and sound, competitive and profitable, and capable of serving in the best possible manner the banking needs of their customers.