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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 655. Theft by bank examiner
Whoever, being a bank examiner or assistant examiner, steals, or
unlawfully takes, or unlawfully conceals any money, note, draft,
bond, or security or any other property of value in the possession
of any bank or banking institution which is a member of the Federal
Reserve System, which is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, which is a branch or agency of a foreign bank (as such
terms are defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1(b) of the
International Banking Act of 1978), or which is an organization
operating under section 25 or section 25(a) (!1) of the Federal
Reserve Act, or from any safe deposit box in or adjacent to the
premises of such bank, branch, agency, or organization, shall be
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or
both; but if the amount taken or concealed does not exceed $1,000,
he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one
year, or both; and shall be disqualified from holding office as a
national bank examiner or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
examiner.
This section shall apply to all public examiners and assistant
examiners who examine member banks of the Federal Reserve System,
banks the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, branches or agencies of foreign banks (as
such terms are defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1(b) of
the International Banking Act of 1978), or organizations operating
under section 25 or section 25(a) (!1) of the Federal Reserve Act,
whether appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency, by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, by a Federal Reserve
Agent, by a Federal Reserve bank, or by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, or appointed or elected under the laws of
any State; but shall not apply to private examiners or assistant
examiners employed only by a clearing-house association or by the
directors of a bank.
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