---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 4636b"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "4636b"
heading: "Criminal penalty"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/4636b"
units:
  - "Chapter 46 — Government Sponsored Enterprises"
  - "Subchapter III — Enforcement Provisions"
---

# §4636b. Criminal penalty


Whoever, being subject to an order in effect under [section 4636a of this title](/usc/12/4636a.md), without the prior written approval of the [Director](/usc/12/4502.md?p=9), knowingly participates, directly or indirectly, in any manner (including by engaging in an activity specifically prohibited in such an order) in the conduct of the affairs of any [regulated entity](/usc/12/4502.md?p=20) shall, notwithstanding [section 3571 of title 18](/usc/18/3571.md), be fined not more than $1,000,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1378, as added Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1156(a), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2777.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1378 of Pub. L. 102–550 was renumbered section 1379A and is classified to section 4638 of this title.