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July 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday ended its criminal case accusing four former Wilmington Trust Co executives of hiding troubled loans from regulators after the 2008 financial crisis, leading to the company s sale at a fire-sale price.
U.S. Attorney David Weiss in Delaware made the decision after a federal appeals court set aside the May 2018 jury convictions of Wilmington s former President Robert Harra, Chief Financial Officer David Gibson, Controller Kevyn Rakowski and Chief Credit Officer William North.
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Jan 12 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned the convictions of four former Wilmington Trust Co executives charged with concealing from regulators the amount of troubled loans on the company’s books following the 2008 global financial crisis.
Former President Robert Harra, Chief Financial Officer David Gibson, Controller Kevyn Rakowski and Chief Credit Officer William North had been charged with underreporting the amount of Wilmington’s “past due” commercial real estate loans to the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Prosecutors said the defendants wanted to make Wilmington’s finances look better, enabling it to raise $273.9 million in a February 2010 stock offering, just over a year after accepting $330 million from the federal government’s bank bailout program.
Fraud convictions for former Wilmington Trust executives reversed by federal appeals court Xerxes Wilson, Delaware News Journal
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A federal appeals court has overturned the historic criminal fraud convictions of four former top executives of Wilmington Trust.
The four were facing prison time following their 2018 conviction in a Wilmington federal court on charges associated with concealing bad loans from investors and regulators during the Wilmington banking institution s financial downfall.
The opinion overturning the conviction, issued Tuesday morning, could pave the way for another criminal trial if federal prosecutors in Wilmington decide to pursue charges against the former executives. Prosecutors may also appeal Tuesday s ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.