Tag: First Southern Bank
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BULLETIN: Attorney Pleads Guilty In $47 Million ‘Bond’ Ponzi Scheme That Caused Arkansas Bank To Collapse; ‘Fraud, Whether Of This Magnitude Or Not, Cannot Be Tolerated,’ U.S. Attorney Christopher R. Thyer Says
BULLETIN: An Arkansas attorney and businessman caused a bank to collapse with his $47 million Ponzi scheme involving the sale of fraudulent bonds, federal prosecutors said. Kevin Harold Lewis, 43, of Little Rock, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of bank fraud after waiving indictment, prosecutors said. First Southern Bank, an FDIC-insured institution, collapsed after…