Nominee director protection shields independent financial-institution appointees from criminal liability where they lack involvement in deposit defaults.

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....Financial-institution nominee directors are protected from liability arising merely from their directorship, including good-faith acts or omissions in discharging directorial duties. A nominee and independent non-executive director who had no material relationship or transaction with the company or its management, and no involvement in daily operations, deposit solicitation, or repayment, was not liable for the company's non-compliance with a deposit-repayment order. Criminal proceedings alleging that non-compliance were quashed against that director.....