Whoever, being an officer, director,
agent or employee of, or connected in any capacity with any Federal
Reserve bank, member bank, depository institution holding company,
national bank, insured bank, branch or agency of a foreign bank, or
organization operating under section 25 or section 25(a) of the Federal
Reserve Act, or a receiver of a national bank, insured bank, branch,
agency, or organization or any agent or employee of the receiver,
or a Federal Reserve Agent, or an agent or employee of a Federal Reserve
Agent or of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
embezzles, abstracts, purloins or willfully misapplies any of the
moneys, funds or credits of such bank, holding company, branch, agency,
or organization or any moneys, funds, assets or securities intrusted
to the custody or care of such bank, holding company, branch, agency,
or organization or to the custody or care of any such agent, officer,
director, employee or receiver, shall be fined not more than $1,000,000
or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both; but if the amount embezzled,
abstracted, purloined or misapplied does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined under
this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
As used in this section, the term
“national bank” is synonymous with “national banking association”;
“member bank” means and includes any national bank, state bank, or
bank and trust company which has become a member of one of the Federal
Reserve banks; “insured bank” includes any bank, banking association,
trust company, savings bank, or other banking institution, the deposits
of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
and the term “branch or agency of a foreign bank” means a branch or
agency described in section 20(9) of this title. For purposes of this
section, the term “depository institution holding company” has the
meaning given such term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act.
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USC 656. As amended by acts of Aug. 9, 1989 (103 Stat. 499); Nov.
29, 1990 (104 Stat. 4861, 4906, 4909); Sept. 13, 1994 (108 Stat. 2146);
and Oct. 11, 1996 (110 Stat. 3511).]