NR 2002- 11
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February 14, 2002	

OCC Announces 20 New Enforcement Actions and 5 Terminations
	
WASHINGTON -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced 
20 new enforcement actions taken against national banks and individuals currently 
and formerly affiliated with national banks and 5 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.

Formal Agreements, By Consent	No.	Bank/City				Date

Florida		2002-2		Guaranty National Bank, Tallahassee		    01/25/02


Nebraska	2001-113 	First National Bank and Trust of Syracuse, Syracuse 12/20/01



New York 	2001-114	Ballston Spa National Bank, Ballston Spa	    06/28/01
		2001-115	The Park Avenue Bank, N.A., New York		    11/02/01


Pennsylvania	2001-116	National Bank of Malvern, Malvern		    08/06/01

Texas		2002-3		First National Bank, George West 		    01/09/02
2001-117

				CompuBank, National Association, Houston	    01/31/01

Removals/Prohibitions, By Consent	No.		Name/Bank/City		Date

California	2002-4	Gary W. Mounce, First Professional Bank, Santa Monica		01/15/02

Maryland	2001-118 Lisa S. Williams, Citizens National Bank, Laurel 		12/27/01

Mississippi	2002-5	Kelly Y. Ashley, First National Bank of Lucedale, Lucedale 	01/18/02

Pennsylvania	2002-6	Terri S. Wenger, Mellon Bank, N.A., Wilkes-Barre		01/18/02

Ohio		2001-119	Darren A. Lossia, Fifth Third Bank of Northwestern Ohio, N.A., 
				Cincinnati
											12/14/01

Civil Money Penalties, By Consent	No.	Name/Bank/City			Date

California
	2002- 4 	Gary W. Mounce, First Professional Bank, Santa Monica		01/15/02


New York
	2002- 1		Bank of China, New York Branch, New York			01/17/02

Oklahoma	
	2001-120 	Gary W. Flanders, MetroBank, N.A., Oklahoma City		11/30/01

Cease and Desist Orders, By Consent

No.	Name/Bank/City	Date

California
2002- 1		Bank of China, Los Angeles Branch, Los Angeles				01/17/02

Illinois
2002-7		Seaway National Bank of Chicago, Chicago				01/22/02

NewYork
2002- 1 	Bank of China, Chinatown Branch, New York				01/17/02

2002- 1
		Bank of China, New York Branch, New York				01/17/02


Prompt Corrective Action Directive	No.	Name/Bank/City			Date

Arizona
2001-121 		NextBank, N.A., Phoenix						11/15/01



Terminations of Existing Enforcement Actions

No.		Type/Bank/City/Old EA#						Date
Illinois
		2001-122 FORMAL AGREEMENT, First National Bank of Lerna, Lerna 
		(EA #2000-64) 
											09/12/01
Minnesota
2001-123
CONSENT ORDER, First National Bank of Luverne, Luverne (EA #99-15)			01/08/01

2001-124
CONSENT ORDER, First National Bank and Trust, Pipestone (EA #99-14)			12/19/01

Oklahoma
2002-8
FORMAL AGREEMENT, First National Bank of Fletcher, Fletcher (EA #99-2) 			01/17/02

Texas
2001-125
FORMAL AGREEMENT, Texas Premier Bank, N.A., Brookshire (EA #99-65)			11/13/01




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The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,200 national banks and 52 
federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States, accounting for 
54 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.