Section 2149 Of Chapter 8. Additional Enforcement Provisions From California Financial Code >> Division 1.2. >> Chapter 8.
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. (a) The commissioner may issue an order suspending or
revoking a license, or taking possession of and placing a licensee in
receivership, if after notice and an opportunity for hearing, the
commissioner finds that:
(1) The licensee is violating this division or a regulation
adopted or an order issued under this division, or a condition of
approval issued under this division.
(2) The licensee does not cooperate with an examination or
investigation by the commissioner.
(3) The licensee engages in fraud, intentional misrepresentation,
or gross negligence.
(4) The competence, experience, character, or general fitness of
the licensee, or any director, officer, employee, or person in
control of a licensee, indicates that it is not in the public
interest to permit the person to provide money transmission services.
(5) The licensee engages in an unsafe or unsound practice.
(6) The licensee is insolvent, suspends payment of its
obligations, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors.
(7) The licensee does not remove an agent after the commissioner
issues and serves upon the licensee a final order including a finding
that the agent has violated this division.
(8) The licensee has applied for an adjudication of bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, or other relief under any bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, or moratorium law, or any person has
applied for any such relief under that law against the licensee and
the licensee has by any affirmative act approved of or consented to
the action or the relief has been granted.
(9) Any fact or condition exists that, if it had existed at the
time when the licensee applied for its license, would have been
grounds for denying the application.
(b) In determining whether a licensee is engaging in an unsafe or
unsound practice, the commissioner may consider the size and
condition of the licensee's provision of money transmission services,
the magnitude of the loss, the gravity of the violation of this
division, and the previous conduct of the person involved.