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Feds: Proposed private bailout for failed Colonial Bank was part of a $1.9 billion fraud

Lee Farkas, the former chairman and majority owner of Ocala-based Taylor Bean, was indicted Tuesday in Alexandria,…Source: Everything Alabama

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