Conduct for which an individual
may be censured, debarred, or suspended from practice before the Board
includes, but is not limited to—
(a) Willfully
or recklessly violating or willfully or recklessly aiding and abetting
the violation of any provision of the federal banking or applicable
securities laws or the rules and regulations thereunder or conviction
of any offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust;
(b) Knowingly or recklessly giving false or misleading
information, or participating in any way in the giving of false information
to the Board or to any Board officer or employee, or to any tribunal
authorized to pass upon matters administered by the Board in connection
with any matter pending or likely to be pending before it. The term
“information” includes facts or other statements contained in testimony,
financial statements, applications, affidavits, declarations, or any
other document or written or oral statement;
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(c) Directly or indirectly attempting to influence, or offering or
agreeing to attempt to influence, the official action of any officer
or employee of the Board by the use of threats, false accusations,
duress, or coercion; by the offer of any special inducement or promise
of advantage; or by the bestowing of any gift, favor, or thing of
value;
(d) Disbarment or suspension from practice
as an attorney, or debarment or suspension from practice as a certified
public accountant or public accountant, by any duly constituted authority
of any state, possession, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia
for the conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving personal dishonesty
or breach of trust in matters relating to the supervisory responsibilities
of the Board, where the conviction has not been reversed on appeal;
(e) Knowingly aiding or abetting another individual
to practice before the Board during that individual’s period of suspension,
debarment, or ineligibility;
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(f) Contemptuous
conduct in connection with practice before the Board, and knowingly
making false accusations and statements, or circulating or publishing
malicious or libelous matter;
(g) Suspension or
debarment from practice before the OCC, the FDIC, the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the NCUA, or
any other Federal agency based on matters relating to the supervisory
responsibilities of the Board;
(h) Willful or
knowing violation of any of the regulations contained in this part.
