Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-381.80
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Criminal offenses - Penalties
Official statutory text
A. Any person responsible for an act or omission or a criminal
offense expressly declared to be unlawful by this act or rules
promulgated under this act shall be guilty:
1. Of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a term not
exceeding one (1) year or a fine not exceeding Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,000.00), or both; and
2. If the act or omission was intended to defraud, of a felony
punishable by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years or a fine
not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), or both.
B. An officer, director, employee, agent or attorney of an
association shall be responsible for an act or omission of the
institution declared to be a criminal offense against this act
whenever, knowing that such act or omission is unlawful, such person
participates in authorizing, executing, ratifying or concealing such
act, or in authorizing or ratifying such omission or, having a duty
to take the required action, omits to do so. A director shall be
deemed to participate in any action, of which the director has or
should have had knowledge, taken or omitted to be taken by the board
of which the director is a member unless the director dissents
therefrom in writing and promptly notifies the Commissioner of such
dissent.
C. It shall be a criminal offense against this act to violate
any lawful order of the Commissioner. The Commissioner may refer
evidence concerning violations of this act or of any rule or order
hereunder to the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma or to the
district attorney for the county where a violation occurred in order
that an information or indictment for such violations may be filed.
The Attorney General or district attorney may designate and appoint
a lawyer of the Oklahoma State Banking Department as special
assistant, if available, for the purpose of assisting in or
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conducting criminal prosecutions arising because of the proceedings
provided for in this section.
D. Unless otherwise provided in this act, it shall be no
defense to a criminal prosecution under this act that the defendant
did not know the facts establishing the criminal character of the
act or omission charged if the defendant could and should have known
such facts in the proper performance of such duty.
E. This section shall not apply to specific offenses for which
criminal sanctions have been imposed in other sections of this act.
offense expressly declared to be unlawful by this act or rules
promulgated under this act shall be guilty:
1. Of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a term not
exceeding one (1) year or a fine not exceeding Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,000.00), or both; and
2. If the act or omission was intended to defraud, of a felony
punishable by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years or a fine
not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), or both.
B. An officer, director, employee, agent or attorney of an
association shall be responsible for an act or omission of the
institution declared to be a criminal offense against this act
whenever, knowing that such act or omission is unlawful, such person
participates in authorizing, executing, ratifying or concealing such
act, or in authorizing or ratifying such omission or, having a duty
to take the required action, omits to do so. A director shall be
deemed to participate in any action, of which the director has or
should have had knowledge, taken or omitted to be taken by the board
of which the director is a member unless the director dissents
therefrom in writing and promptly notifies the Commissioner of such
dissent.
C. It shall be a criminal offense against this act to violate
any lawful order of the Commissioner. The Commissioner may refer
evidence concerning violations of this act or of any rule or order
hereunder to the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma or to the
district attorney for the county where a violation occurred in order
that an information or indictment for such violations may be filed.
The Attorney General or district attorney may designate and appoint
a lawyer of the Oklahoma State Banking Department as special
assistant, if available, for the purpose of assisting in or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 99
conducting criminal prosecutions arising because of the proceedings
provided for in this section.
D. Unless otherwise provided in this act, it shall be no
defense to a criminal prosecution under this act that the defendant
did not know the facts establishing the criminal character of the
act or omission charged if the defendant could and should have known
such facts in the proper performance of such duty.
E. This section shall not apply to specific offenses for which
criminal sanctions have been imposed in other sections of this act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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