NR 97-62
               
For: IMMEDIATE RELEASE        Contact : Lynnette Carter-Warren
                                        (202) 874-4700
Date:  July 1, 1997 
               OCC ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
today announced  five enforcement actions taken against national
banks.  The five actions released today include: two cease and
desist orders and two removals/prohibitions.  

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's
Interpretations and Actions.  Subscriptions to that publication
are available from the OCC's Communications Division.  

AMENDED CEASE AND DESIST, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                 Date
California
97-28     Bradley G. Wetherell, Ventura County National Bank,
          Oxnard                                          5/29/97

CEASE AND DESIST ORDER TO REIMBURSE, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
New York
97-29     Daniel P. Lin, Citibank, N.A., New York         5/12/97


REMOVALS/PROHIBITIONS, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
California
97-30     Jose R. Guerrero, Bank of America, N.T. & S.A., San
          Francisco                                       5/12/97



REMOVALS/PROHIBITIONS, BY CONSENT (CONT'D)
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
California
97-31     Dexter Ngo, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco5/12/97






























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The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,800 national banks
and 66 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the U.S., accounting
for more than half 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.