Sec. 36a-54. (Formerly Sec. 36-6). False entries by officials of financial institutions. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 36a-54. (Formerly Sec. 36-6). False entries by officials of financial institutions. Any officer, agent, or employee of any financial institution who makes any false entry upon the collection or forwarding register or any other book of any such institution, or who fails correctly to record on the books of such institution any change in its assets or liabilities, with intent to deceive the commissioner or the officers or auditors of any such institution, and any person who, with like intent, aids or abets any such officer, agent, or employee in the violation of any provision of this section, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. A finding by the commissioner as a result of an investigation of any such false entry, failure to correctly record or aiding or abetting shall be considered a violation of this section for purposes of the administrative enforcement of sections 36a-50 to 36a-53, inclusive. The commissioner shall refer to the Chief State's Attorney any evidence found by the commissioner of a criminal violation of the provisions of this section.

      (1949 Rev., S. 8707; P.A. 77-614, S. 161, 610; P.A. 78-121, S. 107, 113; P.A. 80-482, S. 234, 345, 348; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 91-357, S. 1, 78; P.A. 94-122, S. 30, 340; P.A. 03-259, S. 4.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced bank commissioner with banking commissioner within the department of business regulation and made banking department a division of that department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-121 removed private bankers from purview of section; P.A. 80-482 restored banking division as independent department with banking commissioner as its head and abolished the department of business regulation; (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9 "banking" commissioner and department were changed editorially by the Revisors to commissioner and department "of banking"); P.A. 91-357 made technical changes; P.A. 94-122 made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-6 transferred to Sec. 36a-54 in 1995; P.A. 03-259 required that finding by commissioner of false entry, failure to correctly record or aiding or abetting shall be considered violation of section for purposes of administrative enforcement and required commissioner to refer evidence of criminal violation of section to Chief State's Attorney.

      Annotation to former section 36-6:

      Cited. 159 C. 556.