Former D’hanis State Bank President Sentenced to Federal Prison

In San Antonio today, a former D’Hanis State Bank (DSB) president Laurie Mayfield (aka “Laurie H. Scott”) was sentenced to two years in federal prison after admitting that she filed fraudulent bank regulating reports which overestimated the bank’s assets announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Lee Dotson. 

In addition to the prison term, United States District Judge Xavier Rodriguez ordered that Mayfield pay $817,892.32 restitution and be placed on supervised release for a period of three years after completing her prison term.  Judge Rodriguez also ordered Mayfield to surrender to federal authorities on or before April 1, 2016, to begin serving her prison term.

On June 9, 2015, the 55–year-old Fredericksburg, TX, resident pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.  According to court records, from January 2012 until September 2014, Mayfield prepared and filed false Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (aka “Call Reports) with federal and state bank regulators on behalf of DSB which overstated the assets of DSB by approximately $830,000.  By pleading guilty, Mayfield admitted that on September 16, 2014, she emailed those false reports to a prospective buyer of DSB.  The buyer relied on those false DSB Call Reports in their decision to purchase DSB.

The case resulted from a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Secret Service, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of Inspector General for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Greg Surovic.