Regulators have shut down banks in Florida, New Jersey, Ohio and Oklahoma, boosting to 68 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year amid the pressures of the weak economy and mounting loan defaults. ...more

July 31, 2009

A Sarasota lawyer has admitted participating in what authorities have said was an $82.7 million mortgage loan scheme that defrauded seven banks. ...more

February 4, 2009

November was a bad month for banks. The Tampa Bay area saw a slew of robberies in the second half of the month. ...more

December 30, 2008

Three businessmen and a Sarasota lawyer have been charged with participating in an $82.8 million mortgage loan scheme that defrauded seven banks, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Monday. ...more

July 29, 2008

Three businessmen and a Sarasota lawyer have been charged with participating in an $82.8 million mortgage loan fraud, a scheme which defrauded seven banks, the U.S. Attorney's Office said this morning. ...more

July 28, 2008