September 27, 2021
The onetime head of the now-defunct First State Bank has pled guilty to one count of conspiring to create sham documents as part of a scheme to deceive regulators and the bank about its financial health, for which he faces a fine and a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
May 13, 2021
A New Jersey federal judge has refused to toss criminal charges that the onetime head of the now-defunct First State Bank took part in creating sham documents as part of an alleged scheme to deceive regulators and the bank about its financial health, finding that the records fell under a federal fraud statute.
February 18, 2021
A New Jersey insurance executive has pled guilty for his role in a massive fraud to deceive regulators and the now-defunct First State Bank about the bank's financial health, federal prosecutors said.
October 29, 2018
The former head of the now-defunct First State Bank and two other men were indicted Monday in New Jersey federal court on charges of engaging in a "massive fraud" that involved a sham capital infusion and bogus loans to deceive regulators and the bank about its financial health, authorities said.