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Tim Durham closes New Castle restaurant
A sign on the door of Durhams Ristorante says the moderately priced Italian eatery will be "closed until further notice."
Fair Finance trustee finds lots of debts, few assets
Tim Durham, Fair’s co-owner and CEO, burned through staggering sums on a lavish lifestyle, loans and gifts to friends,
and loans to businesses he partly owned that performed dismally.
Schrenker to plead guilty to securities fraud
A former money manager convicted of trying to fake his own death in a Florida plane crash last year has agreed to plead guilty
to securities fraud charges in Indiana. Marcus Schrenker would face 10 years in prison.
Judge refuses to unseal Fair Finance search warrants
Judge Sara Lioi ruled the right of access to search warrant records connected with an ongoing investigation is “not
absolute” and not justified in this case.
Trustee pressing Daniels, others to return Durham’s donations
Trustee Brian Bash has sent letters to politicians who he says received a total of $900,000 in funds Durham had borrowed
from the coffers of Fair Finance, a now-bankrupt investment firm based in Ohio.
Trustee: Durham used Fair funds for gambling, donations
The bankruptcy trustee said Durham spent $2.8 million on gambling and resorts, $3.3 million on interior decorating and $14
million on real estate.
Feds: Texas pastor misused loan for Indiana church
A Houston minister accused of using money borrowed to build a new church to buy a mink coat and a Mercedes Benz missed his
initial hearing in Indianapolis on Tuesday.
Ex-Indiana University player Leary pleads guilty in fraud
Todd Leary of Carmel pleaded guilty in court Thursday to a felony charge of misappropriating title insurance escrow funds.
His agreement with prosecutors calls for him to face up to three years in prison, with that cut in half if he pays nearly
$295,000 in restitution.
Banker who wreaked havoc fesses up to felony charge
Overseeing a portfolio filled with deteriorating loans is downright
excruciating, as lending officers who’ve lived through the carnage of the recession can attest. Rob Tolle apparently
cracked under the pressure.
Trustee sues real estate exec for $115M
The founder of an Indianapolis real estate firm is accused of preying on longtime friends to help a Miami man perpetrate a
$900 million Ponzi scheme. Sydney “Jack” Williams persuaded more than a dozen Indiana investors to lend millions
of dollars at high interest rates to a food brokerage firm called Capitol Investments USA Inc.
Ex-owner of cemeteries gets prison time
Robert Nelms, ex-owner of cemeteries in four states, including Indiana, has been sentenced to between 32 months and 10 years
in prison for embezzling $4.2 million from a Grand Rapids cemetery.
Former loan officer charged with falsifying documents
Prosecutors say Robert Tolle falsified a construction progress inspection report while at Old National Bank. He faces a maximum
30-year prison sentence and $1 million fine.
FBI scoops up Tim Durham’s car collection
An agreement with Durham's attorney paved the way for FBI agents to pick up 18 cars from Durham's residences in Indianapolis
and Los Angeles.
Hundreds turn out for Marcus Schrenker auction
One attendee paid $28,000 for a $68,000 boat. But others were just curious about a man who investigators say abandoned his
plane over Alabama, then used a motorcycle he'd stashed in a shed to elude authorities.
Durham attorney blasts FBI after vehicle seizures
Embattled financier Tim Durham’s lawyer, Larry Mackey, said the FBI should have known a bankruptcy trustee had the titles.
An attorney for
the trustee said investigators were aware.
Shelbyville man sentenced for ripping off employer
John K. Branam was sentenced to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling $1.6 million over four years from
King’s Title & Abstract Co.in Shelbyville.
Local funeral home operator in Michigan jail
Robert Nelms will spend at least a month in jail until the sale of Memory Gardens Management Corp. is complete. He is awaiting
sentencing in Michigan and faces up to three years in prison.
Fair Finance trustee sues Dan Laikin for $19M
The suit against Laikin, a longtime friend of Fair Finance CEO Tim Durham, is the first major legal move to untangle the morass
of related-party loans that propelled the company into insolvency.
Path to Fair Finance funds full of detours, roadblocks
The troubles at U.S. Rubber Reclaiming demonstrate the challenges a bankruptcy trustee faces in trying to recover money for
investors.