12 USC § 1790c - Reward for information leading to recoveries or civil penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1790c"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 1790c - Reward for information leading to recoveries or civil penalties"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1790c"
section_name: "Reward for information leading to recoveries or civil penalties"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SHARE INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, § 214, as added Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 933(b), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 496.)"
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# § 1790c. Reward for information leading to recoveries or civil penalties

section 1831j of this title

The Board may pay rewards in connection with an offense affecting an insured credit union, under the same circumstances and subject to the same limitations that a Federal banking agency may pay rewards under  in connection with an offense affecting a depository institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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**Source Credit**: (June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, § 214, as added Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 933(b), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 496.)