Failed Banker Chosen as Alabama CU Regulator

Colonial's colossal failure prompted the first lawsuit filed by the FDIC against a failed bank's accountants, according to court records and media reports.

"Colonial's closure was triggered by the discovery that its largest mortgage banking customer, Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., had committed a massive, multi-year fraud against Colonial, resulting in financial statements that grossly misstated Colonial's true financial condition," according to a lawsuit filed Oct. 31, 2012 by FDIC against PwC, which served as the bank's external auditor and Crowe Horwath, which provided internal audit services.''