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An indictment against the head of a small-town lender in Oklahoma raises doubts over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's plan to dial back supervision of community banks, including for anti-money laundering purposes, analysts told ACAMS moneylaundering.com. Federal prosecutors alleged in the 21-page indictment that Danny Seibel, 54, used his position as president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer and head of AML compliance to steal from his employer, the single-branch, now-defunct First National Bank of Lindsay, a town of 2,800 residents 40 miles south of Oklahoma City. In 2020, 11 years into his tenure at First National,...