18 U.S.C. § 1906

Disclosure of information from a bank examination report

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Whoever, being an examiner, public or private, or a Government Accountability Office employee with access to bank examination report information under section 714 of title 31, discloses the names of borrowers or the collateral for loans of any member bank of the Federal Reserve System, any bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, any branch or agency of a foreign bank (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978), or any organization operating under section 25 or section 25(a) 11 See References in Text note below. of the Federal Reserve Act, examined by him or subject to Government Accountability Office audit under section 714 of title 31 to other than the proper officers of such bank, branch, agency, or organization, without first having obtained the express permission in writing from the Comptroller of the Currency as to a national bank or a Federal branch or Federal agency (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as to a State member bank, an uninsured State branch or State agency (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (11) and (12) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978), or an organization operating under section 25 or section 25(a) 1 of the Federal Reserve Act, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as to any other insured bank, including any insured branch (as defined in section 3(s) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act),,22 So in original. or from the board of directors of such bank or organization, except when ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by direction of the Congress of the United States, or either House thereof, or any committee of Congress or either House duly authorized or as authorized by section 714 of title 31 shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year or both.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1983–1992 · leading case: In Re Fin. Corp. of Am., 119 B.R. 728 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1990).
In Re Fin. Corp. of Am., 119 B.R. 728 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1990). · cites it 5× “Whether examination reports are prohibited from disclosure by 18 U.S.C. § 1906 ? 5. Whether the FDIC, New West, and ASB may assert the Attorney-Client Privilege of Old American? 6.”
In Re the Knoxville News-Sentinel Co., Inc., (83-5095). In Re Knoxville Journal Corp. & Tennessee Newspapers, Inc., (83-5096), 723 F.2d 470 (6th Cir. 1983). “18 U.S.C. § 1906 expressly prohibits any bank examiner with access to the financial records bank customers from disclosing personal information discovered from those records.”
Lundy v. Interfirst Corp., 105 F.R.D. 499 (D.D.C. 1985). “Neither plaintiffs who have not seen the subpoenaed documents, nor the Comptroller, who has not searched for and collated all of them, know precisely how many documents are involved.”
Walsh v. Chittenden Corp., 799 F. Supp. 405 (D. Vt. 1992). “18 U.S.C. § 1906 prohibits the disclosure of certain information by any bank examiner “with access to bank examination report information” provided by the Comptroller General.”
Duvoisin v. First Tennessee Bank (In re S. Indus. Banking Corp.), 49 B.R. 760 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1985). “18 U.S.C.A. § 1906 (1984). Furthermore, legitimate concerns exist pertaining to proprietary information.”
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