Gary Rickenbach Gets 2 Years of Probation, 100 Service Hours
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 >
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 >
When the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Little Rock is involved, the presumption of a defendant’s innocence must be more than theoretic, and confidence that the power of the government is being used fairly and wisely must be tempered.” read more >
Two former One Bank & Trust executives were found not guilty Monday after a three-week jury trial in federal court in Little Rock. read more >
The knottiest white-collar criminal case in recent memory should finally go to trial next month, but only half of the original defendants will face the jury. read more >
A $120,000 restitution payment from Alberto Solaroli as part of his plea deal still hadn’t been paid by Wednesday, and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Pat Harris was not amused. read more >
For the second straight week, I’m going to write about listening to the Chief U.S. District Judge deliver a well-reasoned message on fair play. read more >
"I think when you steal $1.5 million, you deserve prison," Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Miller of Little Rock told Alberto Solaroli, the Canadian citizen who pleaded guilty to laundering proceeds from a 2007 bank loan. read more >
A grand jury indictment names a quartet of former top executives at One Bank & Trust in an alleged conspiracy to defraud the federal government. read more >
A Florida man who has pleaded not guilty to one count of bank fraud in connection with a $1.5 million loan from One Bank & Trust of Little Rock is scheduled to change his plea on Feb. 6. read more >
The financial tiff between David Crews and Little Rock’s One Bank & Trust has shifted venues from Pulaski County Circuit Court to U.S. Bankruptcy Court. read more >
One Bank & Trust’s foolhardy loan of $1.5 million to a penny-stock operator resulted in a federal criminal indictment of former EVP Gary Rickenbach. But a second indictment brings new revelations about the management mess there under the late Layton “Scooter” Stuart. read more >
A conspiracy charge seems to be related to a $1.5 million loan that has already resulted in bank fraud charges against the Florida borrower, Alberto Solaroli; other charges allege deliberate fraud against the federal TARP program. read more >
Alberto Solaroli, 59, of Jacksonville, Fla., was indicted on one count of bank fraud in connection with an April 2007 loan from One Bank & Trust of Little Rock. read more >
A bad loan in Florida brought former chairman, president and CEO of One Bank & Trust Layton "Scooter" Stuart into deeper controversy when he built a million-dollar manor for his son, Hunter. read more >
