Colonial BancGroup News

Accountants to Face Malpractice Claims in Alabama’s Colonial Bancorp Failure

Accounting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Crowe Horwath must face a lawsuit accusing them of professional malpractice and breach of contract for not catching a fraud that led to the 2009 collapse of Colonial Bank, a federal judge has ruled. Filed in …

Failed Alabama Bank Executives Settle Investor Lawsuit for $10.5M

Officers and directors of failed Colonial BancGroup in Alabama, including Auburn University trustee Bobby Lowder and former Auburn football coach Pat Dye, have agreed to pay investors $10.5 million to settle a class-action suit. Terms of the proposed settlement were …