12 U.S.C. § 1457 : US Code - Section 1457: Prohibited activities; penalties for violations by organizations, officers and members of organizations, and individuals

Search 12 U.S.C. § 1457 : US Code - Section 1457: Prohibited activities; penalties for violations by organizations, officers and members of organizations, and individuals

Except as expressly authorized by statute of the United States,
no individual or organization (except the Corporation) shall use
the term "Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation", or any
combination of words including the words "Federal", and "Home
Loan", and "Mortgage", as a name or part thereof under which any
individual or organization does any business, but this sentence
shall not make unlawful the use of any name under which business is
being done on July 24, 1970. No individual or organization shall
use or display (1) any sign, device, or insigne prescribed or
approved by the Corporation for use or display by the Corporation
or by members of the Federal home loan banks, (2) any copy,
reproduction, or colorable imitation of any such sign, device, or
insigne, or (3) any sign, device, or insigne reasonably calculated
to convey the impression that it is a sign, device, or insigne used
by the Corporation or prescribed or approved by the Corporation,
contrary to regulations of the Corporation prohibiting, or limiting
or restricting, such use or display by such individual or
organization. An organization violating this subsection shall for
each violation be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000. An
officer or member of an organization participating or knowingly
acquiescing in any violation of this subsection shall be punished
by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than
one year, or both. An individual violating this subsection shall
for each violation be punished as set forth in the sentence next
preceding this sentence.