Developer pleads guilty to bank fraud
A Main Line developer pleaded guilty Monday to defrauding two banks to get $13 million, prosecutors said. Michael Pouls, 50, pleaded guilty to wire and bank fraud and false statements in a hearing before U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger. Pouls had only $3,000 in bank accounts in 2007 when he created false statements suggesting he had $28 million. At the time, Pouls was seeking loans from National Penn Bank and Wilmington Trust Co. Diamond set his sentencing for March 11. - John P. Martin
A Main Line developer pleaded guilty Monday to defrauding two banks to get $13 million, prosecutors said. Michael Pouls, 50, pleaded guilty to wire and bank fraud and false statements in a hearing before U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger. Pouls
had only $3,000 in bank accounts in 2007 when he created false statements suggesting he had $28 million. At the time, Pouls was seeking loans from National Penn Bank and Wilmington Trust Co. Diamond set his sentencing for March 11.
- John P. Martin