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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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