by - August 7, 2014 5:10 pm
Arvest Bank, which turned over $551,764 to the Benton County Court in the interpleader case of H. Dennis Smiley, has reportedly settled with 18 of the 20 banks holding claims…
by - May 22, 2014 8:44 pm
Bank of the Ozarks and Summit Bank, now merged, but separate defendants in the Arvest interpleading, were granted two additional weeks to file their answer with Benton County Circuit Court…
by - May 13, 2014 2:01 pm
Arvest Bank has responded to the Benton County Circuit Court in the countersuit filed by First National Bank of Fort Smith, and in the response denies that it had any…
by - May 11, 2014 10:54 am
Booneville-based First Western Bank has filed its response to the Arvest Interpleading and countersuits stemming from the Dennis Smiley loan saga, which cost him his job as a top bank…
by - May 8, 2014 10:47 pm
Benton County Circuit Court Judge John Scott granted Bank of the Ozarks and Summit Bank one more week to file their answers to the Arvest interpleading regarding Dennis Smiley’s Arvest…
by - May 5, 2014 6:10 am
The Dennis Smiley loan saga puts two of the state’s largest banks on opposite sides as Simmons First National added another layer to the growing legal web with a legal…
by - May 1, 2014 6:07 am
Another bank has joined the growing web of lawsuits, counter complaints and pleas for judgment in the Dennis Smiley fraud saga. To date there have been seven banks file counter…
by - April 25, 2014 7:26 pm
One more bank has filed suit against former Arvest bank executive H. Dennis Smiley Jr. for loan defaults totaling $70,000 made in 2013. First Federal Bank noted in its complaint…
by - April 24, 2014 3:25 pm
No one likely envies the task of Benton County Circuit Judge John Scott as the web of claims and counter suits pile up against H. Dennis Smiley and his former…
by - April 17, 2014 7:44 am
Where do bankers go to borrow money? A paper trail left by former Arvest exec Dennis Smiley Jr. indicates he went to his friends and family first – and possibly without…
by - April 11, 2014 8:23 pm
Three more banks filed counter complaints against former bank executive H. Dennis Smiley in Benton County Circuit Court on Friday (April 11). Smiley was the president of Arvest Bank Benton…
by - April 11, 2014 12:09 pm
The Bank of Fayetteville won’t likely be the last one to file suit against H. Dennis Smiley Jr., who owes more than $4.5 million to about 20 Arkansas banks. The…
by - April 4, 2014 1:51 pm
Former Arvest exec Dennis Smiley won’t see any of the $552,000 he earned in stock options during his lengthy banking career. There are 20 banks waiting in line for payment…
