Juror for First NBC Bank president case speaks to WDSU
Updated: 6:01 PM CST Feb 10, 2023
JUROR IN ONE OF THE MOST HIGH PROFILE FEDERAL CASES OF THE YEAR. FIRST NBC BANK PRESIDENT ASHTON RYAN FOUND GUILTY ON BANK FRAUD CHARGES YESTERDAY. WELL, RYAN APPROVED LOANS FOR BORROWERS WHO COULDN’T PAY IT BACK. AND HE ALSO CONCEALED THE FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BANK. WDSU INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AUBRY KILLION GOT IN AN INSIDE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CASE AND TRIAL FROM A JUROR. CHALLENGING EMOTIONAL, MAYBE EMOTIONALLY. FIVE LONG EMOTIONAL WEEKS. I WATERPROOF MATERIAL. THIS JUROR WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. BUT FRIDAY THEY SPOKE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE SITTING IN ON THE TRIAL FOR WELL-KNOWN NEW ORLEANS BANKER ASHTON RYAN. PROSECUTORS LAID OUT THE FRAUD AND CONSPIRACY CASE THAT LED TO FIRST NBC’S COLLAPSE IN 2017. PROSECUTORS SAY OVER 500 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS. RYAN SAID HE WAS HELPING THE CITY AFTER KATRINA. BUT PROSECUTORS SAY HE LEFT A HOLE IN THE CITY’S ECONOMY. WHAT WAS THE ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT AFFIRMED YOUR DECISION? WILL BE PAGES AND A BUILDING THAT WE’VE MADE. WE CAN OVERDRAW AFTER LIKE THE WHOLE ENTIRETY OF THE PURCHASE. WASN’T AN OVERDRAFT. SO WE’RE NOT TALKING LIKE 50, $50. WE’RE TALKING. LIKE 600,000. IT WAS JUST LIKE, HOLY –, WHY I CAN DO THAT? BUT WOW, YOU KNOW HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? THE JUROR ALSO SAYING THAT SHE WAS SURPRISED HE TOOK THE STAND. I FEEL LIKE HE HAS A WAY OF TALKING AROUND, ANSWERING THE QUESTION. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR MESSAGE TO ASHTON RYAN? OH, GOD, I. WANT WANT TO CALL IT QUITS. I DON’T KNOW. I’M JUST NOT ONE TO DO SO. I KNOW AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE WORLD. BEN AUBRY KILLION WDSU NEWS AND AUBREY, AS DID ANY JUROR FEEL RYAN MAY HAVE BE
Juror for First NBC Bank president case speaks to WDSU
Updated: 6:01 PM CST Feb 10, 2023
A juror in one of the most high-profile federal court cases of the year is speaking to WDSU.First NBC Bank President Ashton Ryan was found guilty of bank fraud charges yesterday.He approved loans for borrowers who couldn’t pay them back and concealed the financial conditions of the bank.WDSU investigative reporter Aubry Killion got an inside perspective of the trial and case from a juror.
A juror in one of the most high-profile federal court cases of the year is speaking to WDSU.
First NBC Bank President Ashton Ryan was found guilty of bank fraud charges yesterday.
He approved loans for borrowers who couldn’t pay them back and concealed the financial conditions of the bank.
WDSU investigative reporter Aubry Killion got an inside perspective of the trial and case from a juror.
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