Former Jerseyville Bank Vice President Convicted

KANSAS CITY, MO—Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Leawood, Kan., attorney and a real estate speculator in the United Kingdom pleaded guilty in federal today to their roles in a fraud conspiracy that stole more than $52 million from their victims. James Scott Brown, 66, of Leawood, and Derek J. Smith, 67, of Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom, pleaded guilty in separate appearances in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis, Mo., bef .... [More]

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