>>11753498
>tell me i'm crazyโฆ
not crazy
every thing is backwards with these cUNts
>>11753522
>"Un-Agency" which to me says the UN Agency.
Different Joe Mason from St Louis?
Will Joe Mason testify at Germania Bank trial?
By Joe Dwyer III โ
Oct 6, 1996, 11:00pm CDT Updated Oct 6, 1996, 11:00pm CDT
Seven years ago this month, former home-building king Joe Mason reacted angrily when federal savings and loan regulators took over foundering Germania Bank. Now Mason is gearing up to defend himself against criminal charges in connection with the failure of the bank.'
A trial is set for Oct. 15 in United States District Court in St. Louis in front of Federal District Judge George F. Gunn. The nonjury trial will be the first time Mason will face criminal charges related to Germania's failure.
On trial with Mason will be Ed Morris and Steven Gardner, two other former Germania executives. Morris and Gardner are in prison serving 46-month sentences on their convictions in Illinois on securities fraud charges in connection with Germania.
Jimmie New, another former Germania executive, pleaded guilty to fraud and agreed to help prosecutors in their cases against Mason, Morris and Gardner. New is awaiting sentencing.
Mason, Morris and Gardner were indicted in 1992. They face federal charges of conspiracy, mail fraud, making false bank entries and making false statements to a federal agency.
If found guilty on all charges, Mason, Morris and Gardner could each face maximum sentences of 90 years in prison and $4.5 million in fines.
Lawyers close to the case said it's too early to tell whether New and Mason will testify in person at the trial.
Mason was chairman and chief executive officer of J.L. Mason Group, once the largest home builders in Missouri. He is accused of misrepresenting the financial condition of Germania when the bank was trying to raise money because it had lost millions on bad real estate investments.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/1996/10/07/story6.html
Mason has not gone unscathed through the Germania ordeal. Much of his own fortune was wiped out with Germania's failure. He owned nearly 25 percent of Germania's stock when the bank collapsed. The collapse eventually resulted in foreclosures on a number of his real estate development projects.
Earlier this year, Mason and three other business partners were ordered to pay a judgment of $829,000 to a consulting firm in connection with the collapse of Mason's real estate empire.