2011-04-19yahoo.com

``A jury on Tuesday convicted the majority owner of what had been one of the nation's largest mortgage companies on all 14 counts in a $2.9 billion fraud trial that officials have said is one of the most significant prosecutions to arise from the nation's financial crisis. Prosecutors said Lee Farkas led a fraud scheme of staggering proportions for roughly eight years as chairman of Florida-based Taylor Bean & Whitaker. The fraud not only caused the company's 2009 collapse and put its 2,000 employees out of work, but also contributed to the collapse of Alabama-based Colonial Bank, the sixth-largest bank failure in U.S. history.''



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mortgagemess at 21:57 2011-04-20 said:
WOW.. BIG DEAL..one headline of ONE guy in a trillion dollar ponzi scheme that nearly destroyed the US Economy and had kept this country on the brink of a depression for the last 4 years..in the MEANTIME the dozens of other crooks continue to enjoy a counry club lifestyle and $1000 rounds of golf thanks to golden parchutes, undeserved bonus money and the cooperation of the US government through its agencies and bailout dollars... Permalink

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