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Former Colonial Bank Senior Vice President Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Fraud Scheme

June 21, 2011
Total Loss: $2.9 Billion

A former senior vice president and head of Colonial Bank’s Mortgage Warehouse Lending Division was sentenced today to eight years in prison for her role in a more than $2.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failures of Colonial Bank and Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW). Colonial Bank was one of the 25 largest banks in the United States and TBW was one of the largest privately-held mortgage lending companies in the United States in 2009.

Source: FBI
Posted in: Internal Fraud Collusive Networks ACH and Wire Fraud
Tags: wire fraudemployee fraudmortgage fraud