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Berry Bishop’s defunct Alliance Insurance Group of Arkadelphia reported $2.9 million in gross revenue in 2017. It filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in May 2018.
Banking & Finance / Insurance / Legal

Final Restitution Amount Owed by Berry Bishop? $4,129,132.35Lock Icon

According to the amended order entered by U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey, Berry Bishop owes restitution totaling almost $4.13 million to six entities. Here’s how it breaks down read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care

Disturbing Past Rises to Haunt Dr. Lonnie ParkerLock Icon

An Arkansas physician who rehabilitated his image, regaining his medical license after going to federal prison on a child pornography charge, is now charged with a felonious relapse — this time accused of overprescribing opioids and other controlled substances. read more >
Donna Herring walks outside of the U.S. District Courthouse in El Dorado on Tuesday. She was sentenced to 41 months in prison for forging a fake will for Deepwater Horizon survivor Matthew Seth Jacobs.
Legal

Restitution Figures Handed Down in Fake Will CaseLock Icon

After Donna Herring and her sister, brother-in-law and daughter were sentenced for their parts in an infamous fake will scheme, the federal judge handed down how much they will have to pay in restitution. read more >
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Insurance

The Appearance Of Wealth (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)

I feel compelled to make this point every year or two, since it is the most important lesson I’ve learned from two decades as your business editor: Wealth and the appearance of wealth are two different things. read more >
Berry Bishop’s defunct Alliance Insurance Group of Arkadelphia reported $2.9 million in gross revenue in 2017. It filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in May 2018.
Government & Politics / Legal

Berry Bishop Sentenced to 60 Months for Bank Fraud

Supportive family members cried in a Hot Springs courtroom Friday morning as Berry R. Bishop, the Hot Springs insurance agent who also had offices in Prescott and Arkadelphia, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for bank fraud totaling more than $4.3 million. read more >
Donna Herring admitted to creating a will after Matthew Seth Jacobs, who had survived the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010, died in a one-vehicle wreck in January 2015.
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Sentencing Dates Set for Will ForgersLock Icon

Donna Herring, the former Camden real estate agent who orchestrated the infamous fake will case, finally has a court date. read more >
Donna Herring admitted to creating a will after Matthew Seth Jacobs, who had survived the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010, died in a one-vehicle wreck in January 2015.
Banking & Finance / Legal

Convicted Forger Donna Herring Declares Bankruptcy, Awaits SentencingLock Icon

Donna Herring, the former Camden real estate agent who orchestrated the infamous fake will case, has filed for Chapter 13 reorganization, listing $101,000 in debts and $110,000 in assets. read more >
Donna Herring admitted to creating a will after Matthew Seth Jacobs, who had survived the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010, died in a one-vehicle wreck in January 2015.

Fake Will Forger Refutes Argument of ‘Sophisticated’ SchemeLock Icon

Donna Herring, the former Camden real estate agent who orchestrated the infamous fake will case, is continuing to argue that she deserves the least amount of prison time possible. read more >
This is one of Wal-Mart’s locations in Mexico, where the company has come under scrutiny for allegedly paying more than $24 million in bribes so stores could open faster.
Legal / Public Companies / Retail

Judge Tosses Wal-Mart Bribery Case

A federal judge in Arkansas last month threw out a shareholder lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and its directors over allegations of bribery in Mexico. read more >
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Best Quotes of 2014

They said it: The best quotes of the year. read more >
Attorney Tim Dudley, left, represented Steve Standridge, shown here in a file photo from September 2012, when Stand-ridge initially pleaded not guilty to federal crimes charged in the Eastern District of Arkansas. | (Photo by Mark Friedman)
Banking & Finance / Government & Politics / Health Care

Steve Standridge: No Personal Gain From $7M Fraud

Steve Standridge was emotional but conspicuously unapologetic when he explained to a federal judge why he committed the crimes for which she had just sentenced him to five years in prison. read more >
Legal / Public Companies / Retail

Wal-Mart Bribery Case Creeps Along in Court

A U.S. District Court judge in Arkansas ruled last month that a lawsuit filed in 2012 against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and its directors over allegations of bribery in Mexico can move forward. read more >