A former banker who lives in Johnson County was sentenced today to three years probation and banned from working as a banker, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
Michael W. Yancey, 59, Olathe, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to make false statements on a loan application. In his plea, he admitted the crime took place while he was working as a senior vice president and commercial lender at Farmers Bank & Trust, N.A., in Overland Park. Farmers Bank is headquartered in Great Bend, Kansas.
According to prosecutors, Yancey conspired with another person to obtain and maintain a business loan of $850,000 from Farmers Bank for two companies by falsely representing the terms of a real estate purchase in Basehor, Kansas.
He falsely represented to the bank that the property’s purchase price was $1.1 million when in fact it was $850,000, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. The false information made it appear the loan conformed to a maximum 75 percent loan-to-value ratio when in truth the loan was approximately 97 percent of the purchase price. He also falsely stated that the loan involved a seller carryback of $150,000 and a borrower equity injection of $125,000.
McAllister commended SIG-TARP (Office of Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program), the FBI, the U.S. Department of Labor – Office of the Inspector General, the U.S. Department of Labor – Employee Benefits Security Administration and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jabari Wamble for their work on the case.