Criminal Referral Forms & FDIC

A question came into the office the other day asking where to mail Criminal Referral Forms from a financial institution that is regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). There is distribution list on the last page, but it is not specific as to the mailing addresses.

If you are faced with the same problem, the information below may be of some help to you.

The copy that goes to the state in which you are located goes to your Department of Banking-usually (but not always) located in your state capital. (If you need the address of your state's Department of Banking Office, call us-we have a list of them.)

The copy that goes to FDIC goes to your Regional Office. They forward a copy of it to Washington, DC-DO NOT mail the form directly to DC.

The present FDIC Criminal Referral Form (CRF) has been renewed and extended to the end of 1994. There is a new CRF in the works that will be uniform for all the regulatory agencies-Fed, FDIC, OTS and OCC. It is in its final draft and will probably be approved "sometime this year" according to one source in Washington, D.C. Considering the fact that ALL the regulatory agencies and law enforcement and legislative representatives have to agree on all parts of it?don't hold your breath! Make sure you have a supply of the ones that run out in 1994.

Copyright © 1992 Bankers' Hotline. Originally appeared in Bankers' Hotline, Vol. 2, No. 12, 3/92