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September 15, 2020
Jailed Ex-Taylor Bean Exec Gets Compassionate Release
A Virginia federal judge on Tuesday granted former Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. Chairman Lee Bentley Farkas' emergency motion for compassionate release, ordering him to be freed after serving nine years of a 30-year conviction for a $2.9 billion bank and securities fraud scheme.
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March 02, 2016
Jailed Ex-Taylor Bean Exec. Loses 2nd Bid To Boot Judge
A Virginia federal judge on Tuesday again refused to step down from a criminal case against former Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. Chairman Lee Bentley Farkas, rejecting Farkas' argument that she was a victim of his crimes since her investments suffered in the financial crisis.
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January 21, 2016
DOJ Fights Convicted Ex-Taylor Bean Head's Judge DQ Bid
The federal government on Thursday slammed former Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. Chairman Lee Bentley Farkas' most recent bid to disqualify the judge overseeing his criminal proceeding, calling it both untimely and insufficient.
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November 06, 2015
Judge Rejects Recusal Over Ex-Taylor Bean Exec's Conviction
A Virginia federal judge refused Friday to recuse herself from the criminal proceeding against former Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. Chairman Lee Bentley Farkas, who said the judge's finances were affected down the line by his alleged role in a $2.9 billion fraud scheme that brought down the company.
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July 21, 2014
Ex-Taylor Bean Chair's 30-Year Fraud Sentence Upheld
Former Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. Chairman Lee Bentley Farkas on Monday lost his bid to vacate his criminal conviction and 30-year sentence for his role in a $2.9 billion fraud, with a Virginia federal judge ruling that Farkas failed to show that his trial and appellate lawyers were ineffective.
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September 27, 2011
Ex-Taylor Bean Chair To Pay $3.5B For Role In Fraud
A Virginia federal judge on Monday ordered former Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. Chairman Lee Bentley Farkas to pay $3.5 billion in restitution for orchestrating a $2.9 billion bank and securities fraud that bankrupted the company and put him behind bars.
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August 05, 2011
Ex-Taylor Bean Chair Balks At $3.5B In Restitution
The former chairman of Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., who was convicted of orchestrating a $2.9 billion bank and securities fraud, asked a Virginia federal court Thursday to reject the government's demand that he pay $3.5 billion in restitution.
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August 03, 2011
US Wants Ex-Taylor Bean Execs To Pay $3.5B Restitution
The U.S. on Wednesday recommended $3.5 billion in restitution in Virginia federal court for seven former Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. executives convicted of taking part in a massive bank and securities fraud.
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June 30, 2011
Ex-Taylor Bean Chair Gets 30 Years In $3B Fraud Case
Former Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. Chairman Lee Bentley Farkas was sentenced Thursday in Virginia to 30 years in prison for orchestrating a $2.9 billion bank and securities fraud that brought down the once-mammoth private mortgage lender.
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June 24, 2011
Feds Want Book Thrown At Ex-Taylor Bean Chairman
Federal prosecutors told a Virginia federal court Thursday that the former chairman of defunct lender Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. should spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of orchestrating a $2.9 billion bank and securities fraud.