Tag: Neil H. MacBride
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BULLETIN: Judge Orders Lee Bentley Farkas Detained After Conviction In $2.9 Billion Fraud Caper That Rocked Banking System; Former Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Chairman Once Bragged He Could Could ‘Rob A Bank With A Pencil,’ Prosecutors Say
BULLETIN: A federal jury in Virginia has returned guilty verdicts on more than a dozen counts filed against Lee Bentley Farkas, the former chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW). A federal judge ordered Farkas, 58, taken into custody immediately. Farkas, accused of contributing to the U.S. mortgage meltdown and the failures of both TBW…