12 U.S.C. § 3111
Criminal penalty
United States · Title 12 — BANKS AND BANKING · Status: effective
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- 12 U.S.C. § 3111, Criminal penalty, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/438485
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Whoever, with the intent to deceive, to gain financially, or to cause financial gain or loss to any person, knowingly violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation or order issued by the appropriate Federal banking agency under this chapter shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years or fined not more than $1,000,000 for each day during which a violation continues, or both.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- International Banking Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991House: no recorded tallySenate: 68–15