Judge Rejects Ex-Bank Executives’ Bids for Acquittals, New Trials
A federal judge on Thursday refused to overturn the fraud and conspiracy convictions of four former executives for the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program, the Associated Press reports.
Judge Richard Andrews refused to enter judgments of acquittal or set new trials for the former Wilmington Trust executives.
“Former bank president Robert Harra Jr., former chief credit officer William North, former chief financial officer David Gibson and former controller Kevyn Rakowski were convicted in May on charges of fraud, conspiracy and making false statements to federal regulators,” writes reporter Randall Chase
