The Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a cease-and-desist order against the former general counsel at Michigan-based Sterling Bank and Trust for not ensuring the institution’s Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance and failing to timely file suspicious activity reports.
Colleen Kimmel failed to ensure the bank properly investigated a fraudulent residential mortgage loan product it offered to customers, according to the OCC, which acknowledged she did not have the proper resources to carry out her legal- and compliance-related functions.
