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- From: Nigel Allen <nigel.allen@canrem.com>
- Subject: Savings & Loan Prosecutions - Update
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.192226.22286@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- Summary: Press release from U.S. Justice Department
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:22:26 GMT
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- Press release from U.S. Justice Department
-
- Justice Department Reports Activity in Major Savings and Loan
- Prosecutions
- To: National and Business desks
- Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, Public Affairs, 202-514-2007
-
- WASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department of Justice
- today issued the following information describing activity in
- "major" savings and loan prosecutions from Oct. 1, 1988, through
- June 30, 1992:
-
- Informations/Indictments 718
- Estimated S&L Loss $8,310,450,286
- Defendants Charged 1,188
- Defendants Convicted 905 (93%)
- Defendants Acquitted 71 (note a)
- Prison Sentences
- Sentenced to prison 582 (78%)
- Awaiting sentence 170
- Sentenced w/o prison or suspended 168
- Fines Imposed $11,287,961
- Restitution Ordered $439,239,594
- CEO's, Board Chairmen and Presidents
- Charged by indictments/informations 137
- Convicted 102
- Acquitted 10
- Directors and other officers
- Charged by indictments/informations 195
- Convicted 166
- Acquitted 7
-
- Note a: 21 borrowers dismissed in a single case.
- ------
- NOTE: All numbers are approximate. Numbers are adjusted due to
- monthly activity, improved reporting and refinement of the data
- base.
- "Major" is defined as (a) the amount of fraud or loss was
- $100,000 or more, or (b) the defendant was an officer, director or
- owner (including shareholder), or (c) the schemes involved multiple
- borrowers in the same institution, or (d) involved other major
- factors. This information is based on reports from the 94 U.S.
- Attorneys' offices and the Dallas Bank Fraud Task Force.
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