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FRB: Press Release -- Hearing on proposed enforcement action against Oren L. Benton and Edward D. Scott -- March 26, 2001

Release Date: March 26, 2001

For immediate release
The Federal Reserve Board today announced that a public administrative hearing will
commence on April 2, 2001, in connection with an enforcement action against Oren L.
Benton, the former sole shareholder and a director of The Professional Bank, a former state
member bank, and Edward D. Scott, a former executive vice president and director of the
bank.
The hearing will be held before an Administrative Law Judge to determine whether Messrs.
Benton and Scott should be permanently barred from the banking industry and whether the
Board should assess a fine of $1.25 million against Mr. Benton and a fine of $75,000 against
Mr. Scott.
A copy of the Board's combined Notice of Intent to Prohibit and Notice of Assessment of
Civil Money Penalties is attached.
The Notice alleges that Messrs. Benton and Scott violated laws and regulations, and
engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices and breached their fiduciary duty to the
bank when they caused the bank to violate Section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act and the
Board's Regulation O.
The administrative hearing will commence at 10:00 a.m. on April 2, 2001, at the following
location:
U.S. Tax Court
1999 Broadway Street
Room 2370
Denver, Colorado
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