Unauthorized Banking Orders

Pursuant to the Financial Institutions Code of Georgia, O.C.G.A. § 7-1-1 et seq., it is unlawful to conduct banking, trust, or credit union business in Georgia without an applicable charter.  Further, it is unlawful to use the terms “bank,” “trust” or “credit union,” in any entity’s name without the permission of the Department pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 7-1-243.  The publications in this section consist of Orders to Cease and Desist or Orders from the Superior Court issued to persons conducting unauthorized banking activity and/or using restricted terms without permission.

Please note that administrative action searches related to unlicensed mortgage, money service business, or installment lending activity must be conducted via NMLS Consumer Access at https://www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org/.

Orders issued to Unchartered Banks, Credit Unions, and Trust Companies

01-06-2022: Order to Cease and Desist issued to Cash Finance Bank of Georgia

01-06-2022: Order to Cease and Desist issued to Norse Financial Bank

01-06-2022: Order to Cease and Desist issued to Trusteeship Financial Bank

07-22-2021: Order Granting Default Judgment against Reparations Bank and Ramzu Yunus

03-11-2021: Final Stipulation and Consent Order issued to Walter Charlie Pressley aka Chief GEES-DUE-OO-NEH-GAH USTI

04-23-2020: Order to Cease and Desist issued to Coast Credit Union

04-20-2020: Order to Cease and Desist issued to Reparations Bank-Ramzu Yunus

11-02-2018: Order to Cease and Desist issued to Local Bank and Trust Company

10-16-2018: Order Granting Motion for Default Judgment issued to Southern Cherokee Nation and the Red Fire People Central Bank and Depository Trust aka Institution for the Works of Axe of Authority, International Treaty Bank, Alfa International Bank, Walter Charlie Pressley aka Chief GEES-DUE-OO-NEH-GAH USTI, and John A. Henderson

11-16-2017: Order to Cease and Desist issued to Visa Bank

09-27-2017: Order to Cease and Desist issued to Alfa International Bank

09-07-2017: Order to Cease and Desist issued to International Treaty Bank

08-23-2017: Order to Cease and Desist issued to Southern Cherokee Nation and the Red Fire People Central Bank and Depository Trust and Walter Charlie Pressley aka Chief GEES DUE-OO-NEH-GAH USTI