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A person convicted of certain felonies may not be an officer or director

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, section 4, Sec. 4. Written by .

A person convicted of certain felonies may not be an officer or director

The document says “may not”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 4 in the PDF
What the document says

“No individual who has been convicted of a felony offense involving insider trading, embezzlement, cybercrime, money laundering, financing of terrorism, or financial fraud may serve as-- (A) an officer of a payment stablecoin issuer; or (B) a director of a payment stablecoin issuer.”

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, Sec. 4

Subsection (f). Six kinds of felony are named. A person who knowingly participates in a violation may be fined not more than $1,000,000 for each violation, imprisoned for not more than five years, or both, and a Federal payment stablecoin regulator with reason to believe a person knowingly violated the bar must refer the matter to the Attorney General. Section 5(c)(2) makes the same question a factor in deciding an application.

What the document actually says

“No individual who has been convicted of a felony offense involving insider trading, embezzlement, cybercrime, money laundering, financing of terrorism, or financial fraud may serve as-- (A) an officer of a payment stablecoin issuer; or (B) a director of a payment stablecoin issuer.”

To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, Sec. 4
That sentence, in plain words

Some crimes shut a person out of the top jobs at a coin maker. They may not be an officer. They may not sit on the board.

What this is about

Six kinds of crime are named. They include fraud and dirty money. Helping break this rule on purpose can mean prison.

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  1. The document itself

    Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, Public Law 119-27, sec. 4, 139 Stat. 425 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ27/html/PLAW-119publ27.htm

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    “A person convicted of certain felonies may not be an officer or director,” Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, section 4, Sec. 4. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/guiding-establishing-national-innovation-u-s/proposal/sec04-felony-bar/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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