Mike Heald

Talk about the demise of Bespoke Media Group LLC is exaggerated, even though the Little Rock video production and marketing company recently moved out of its 8,200-SF headquarters in the riverside warehouse district that once housed Cajun’s Wharf. read more >

Bespoke Health tailors detailed videos for patients facing specific conditions or procedures, using a secure streaming system that is seen as potentially revolutionary in health care. read more >

Gary Rickenbach is sentenced to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service in exchange for pleading guilty to failing to report a crime. read more >

His testimony failed to convict his former co-workers, but Gary Rickenbach is still hoping to avoid prison time for his admitted role in a fraudulent loan made by One Bank & Trust when he was its senior executive vice president. read more >

An unusual plea deal struck by former One Bank & Trust executive Gary Rickenbach has delayed the trial of two of his former co-workers, Brad Paul and Mike Heald read more >

The federal criminal trial of two remaining defendants formerly of One Bank & Trust of Little Rock is still scheduled to start next week, although indications are that it will be June 1 rather than May 30. read more >

An injection of $17.3 million in U.S. Treasury TARP funds five years ago saved Little Rock’s One Bank & Trust from insolvency. A lawsuit against the bank’s parent company, One Financial Corp., alleges that deception was deployed to obtain that money. read more >

Layton “Scooter” Stuart, the former chairman, president and CEO of One Bank & Trust, isn’t alone in receiving attention as part of a criminal investigation into the financial dealings at the Little Rock bank. read more >

Tom Whitehead, chief financial officer, executive vice president and director, is on paid administrative leave. read more >