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 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.

Added by Laws 2000, c. 81, § 81, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.