Fraud Friday — CBS Credit Union Manager Indicted for Embezzlement

April 5, 2019 By Dominic J Bartolone Contributing Editor, Fraud Friday Fraud Friday — CBS Credit Union Manager Indicted for Embezzlement After looting more than $40 million over 20 years, the former manager of the CBS Employees Federal Credit Union has been arrested and charged with embezzlement. Edward Rostohar faces felony counts of bank fraud…

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Banc-Serv’s Kerri Agee, 4 others Arrested for $10 Million SBA Loan Fraud

Banc-Serv’s Kerri Agee, 4 others Arrested for $10 Million SBA Loan Fraud March 22, 2019 By Bob ColemanEditor, Coleman Report Download the Indictment One of the Biggest SBA Loan Fraud Scandals in Years Rocks Industry Industry’s Largest SBA Loan Service Provider Accused of Cheating the Federal Government of over $10 Million Largest Number of Individual…

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Fraud Friday — Kerri Agee out of banc-serv

Fraud Friday — Kerri Agee out of banc-serv April 13, 2018 By Bob Coleman Editor, Fraud Friday Kerri Agee has left the SBA lender service provider she co-founded 16 years ago. Kerri’s departure is six months after the FBI raided banc-serv’s offices. Tipped off, Indianapolis television stations sent their news vans and prominently covered the…

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Fraud Friday — Credit Union VP Busted for Fraud

March 22, 2019 By Dominic J Bartolone Contributing Editor, Fraud Friday Fraud Friday — Credit Union VP Busted for Fraud A former credit union vice president from Vancleave, Mississippi, pled guilty to theft from a credit union in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. Merideth Christina McMillan, 46, was accused of stealing more than $350,000 from…

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CPR Report: Actual SBA 7(a) Prepays Dip Below 15%

CPR Report: Actual SBA 7(a) Prepays Dip Below 15% By Bob JudgeEditor, CPR Report In February, total prepays, including paid excess principal (ACPR), came in at 14.37%, a 13% decrease from last month’s reading of 16.38%. After correcting for the excess principal being released from the MRF, pool prepays (CCPR) came in at 12.60%, down…

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SBA Hot Topic Tuesday — Coleman 2019 SBA BDO Winners!

March 19, 2019 By Bob Coleman Editor, SBA Hot Topic Tuesday SBA Hot Topic Tuesday — Coleman 2019 SBA BDO  Winners! Congratulations to our eight Coleman 2019 SBA BDO Winners! This year’s winners: Matthew Mapes Arizona Business Bank Ray Drew Ready Capital Corp Kathleen Kelly Webster Bank Marie Askew BBVA Compass Barbara Arena Granite State Development Mark…

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Main Street Monday – Confidence Levels Stabilize in February

March 18, 2019 By Mary Miller Contributing Editor, Main Street Monday Main Street Monday – Confidence Levels Stabilize in February Confidence levels of Main Street business owners stabilized in February, according to the February 2019 NFIB Small Business Optimism Index. According to the Index: NFIB small business optimism index is up half a point, reflecting…

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