Whoever, being an officer,
director, agent or employee of 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, without authority
from the directors of such bank holding company, branch, agency or
organization issues or puts in circulation any notes of such bank
holding company, branch, agency or organization; or
Whoever, without such authority, makes, draws,
issues, puts forth, or assigns any certificate of deposit, draft,
order, bill of exchange, acceptance, note, debenture, bond, or other
obligation, or mortgage, judgment or decree; or
Whoever makes any false entry in any book,
report, or statement of such bank, company, branch, agency, or organization
with intent to injure or defraud such bank, company, branch, agency,
or organization, or any other company, body politic or corporate,
or any individual person, or to deceive any officer of such bank,
or the Comptroller of the Currency, or the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, or any agent or examiner appointed to examine the affairs
of such bank, company, branch, agency, or organization, or the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; or
Whoever with intent to defraud the United States
or any agency thereof, or any financial institution referred to in
this section, participates or shares in or receives (directly or indirectly)
any money, profit, property, or benefits through any transaction,
loan, commission, contract, or any other act of any such financial
institution—
Shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned
not more than 30 years, 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 or trust company, which has
become a member of one of the Federal Reserve banks; “insured bank”
includes any state 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(w)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
[18 USC 1005. As amended
by acts of Aug. 9, 1989 (103 Stat. 499); Nov. 29, 1990 (104 Stat.
4861, 4907, 4910); and Nov. 2, 2002 (116 Stat. 1811).]