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U.S. dismisses two wire fraud counts to speed up Taylor, Bean and Whitaker trial 

Apr 04, 2011By

U.S. government prosecutors dismissed two counts of wire fraud in the case against Lee Farkas, the former CEO of failed mortgage lender Taylor, Bean and Whitaker. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorneys office for the Eastern District of Virginia said the dismissal was meant to “move the trial along.” Farkas now faces 14 counts of bank, wire and securities fraud. The two dismissed were related to an alleged fraud wire payment of roughly $51 million from Colonial Bank and Farkas’ alleged attempt to cover it up.

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