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§349.15. Prohibited transactions.

12 C.F.R. § 349.15

(a)
Fraudulent conduct prohibited. No FDIC-supervised insured depository institution or its IAPs may, directly or indirectly, in or in connection with any retail forex transaction:
(1)
Cheat or defraud or attempt to cheat or defraud any person;
(2)
Willfully make or cause to be made to any person any false report or statement or cause to be entered for any person any false record; or
(3)
Willfully deceive or attempt to deceive any person by any means whatsoever.
(b)
Acting as counterparty and exercising discretion prohibited. If an FDIC-supervised insured depository institution can cause retail forex transactions to be effected for a retail forex customer without the retail forex customer's specific authorization, then neither the FDIC-supervised insured depository institution nor its affiliates may act as the counterparty for any retail forex transaction with that retail forex customer.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Amendments

[76 FR 40789, July 12, 2011. Redesignated at 80 FR 74912, Nov. 30, 2015]

Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C.1813(q), 1818, 1819, and 3108; 7 U.S.C. 2(c)(2)(E), 27 et seq.

Source

Source: 76 FR 40789, July 12, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

Amendments

[76 FR 40789, July 12, 2011. Redesignated at 80 FR 74912, Nov. 30, 2015]