Tag Archives: Colonial Bancgroup

Former Mortgage Kingpin Facing Fraud Charges

Florida mortgage executive Lee Farkas has been indicted on charges that he misappropriated more than $1 billion from Colonial BancGroup in a complicated scheme that began in 2002 to cover up losses at his Taylor…Source: Forbes

Bank seized; assets sold to FDIC, then sold to N.C.-based bank

Colonial BancGroup became the largest bank failure of the year as it was seized and sold Friday. Regulators from the Alabama State Banking Department seized the bank at the close of business Friday and turned its assets over to the FDIC.Source: Montgomery Advertiser