NR 96-17
For: IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact :        Lynnette Carter-Warren (202) 874-4700
Date:     February 13, 1996 

OCC ANNOUNCES SIX NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS  AND SIX       TERMINATIONS  

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today announced the following enforcement actions taken against national banks.  The 12 actions released today include: four civil money penalties, one consent order, one prohibition, and six terminations of an existing enforcement action.

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,
Communications Division (3-2),
Washington, DC 20219.

Requests made by facsimile transmission should be sent to (202) 874-5263.  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.  

CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date

Connecticut
95-98 Joseph Mannello, Summit National Bank,Torrington       12/21/95
96-1 William Summa, Summit National Bank, Torrington      1/19/96

Ohio 
95-99     K. Lucille Best, Malta National Bank, Malta    12/19/95

Texas
95-100    J. Michael Doyle, First National Bank of Wolfe City (Failed), Wolfe City        12/21/95
                                                                
CONSENT ORDER
No.  Individual, Bank, City,

Pennsylvania
94-211    The Luzerne National Bank, Luzerne     1/11/94


PROHIBITION, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City,

Texas
95-100    J. Michael Doyle, First National Bank of Wolfe City (Failed), Wolfe City         12/21/95

TERMINATION OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION
No.   Bank, City, Old EA#

California
96-2 FORMAL AGREEMENT, The Siam Commercial Bank (Federal Branch), Los Angeles,  #94-58             1/11/96

Florida
96-3 CONSENT ORDER, Continental National Bank of Miami,     Miami, #757    2/1/96

New York
96-4 CONSENT ORDER, Park Avenue Bank, N.A. New York, #94-204         1/17/96

North Carolina
96-5 FORMAL AGREEMENT, United National Bank Fayetteville, #93-90      1/31/96

Pennsylvania
96-6 CONSENT ORDER, Downingtown National Bank Downingtown, #532      2/1/96

96-7 CONSENT ORDER, The Luzerne National Bank Luzerne, #94-211       2/1/96

     
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The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 3,000 national banks and 70 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 the safety and soundness of the national banking system.