TierOne Bank was a bank based in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was founded in 1907. It traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange until its failure in June 2010. Following an investigation by the FBI and SIGTARP, charges were filed against multiple TierOne executives. The CEO, Gilbert G. Lundstrom, and several other executives and auditors faced charges related to the failure.
History
TierOne Bank was founded as Fidelity Savings and Loan Association in 1907, and underwent several name changes before finally changing its name to TierOne Bank in 2002.[1] The bank received a federal charter in 1935, making it one of the first savings and loan associations to receive this as well as deposit insurance. In April 2002 TierOne announced its intent to change from a mutual bank to a public company.[2] In October 2002, TierOne was listed on the Nasdaq with the stock symbol TONE.[3] Trading of the shares was suspended on 2010-05-07, and the stock was delisted the same month.[4]
Failure
On 2010-06-04, the Office of Thrift Supervision closed TierOne and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as the receiver.[5][6] Of the 764 TierOne employees at the time of failure, 550 were retained by the Great Western Bank, who also signed a purchase and assumption agreement with the FDIC.[7] It was the largest bank failure in Nebraska's history.[8]
Charges
After the failure, CEO Gilbert G. Lundstrom faced 13 criminal charges related to his deception of investors, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The prosecution claimed that Lundstrom was "the architect of an aggressive strategy to expand the bank's portfolio" and "Lundstrom's bet on real estate in riskier areas decimated the bank" during the 2008 financial crisis. In March 2016, Lundstrom was sentenced to 132 months in prison, and was ordered to pay a fine of $1.2 million, equivalent to $ million in. $3,122,696 in restitution was ordered to be paid to all defendants.[9][10][11]. Lundstrom was released from federal custody on 2024-08-02.[12]
Charges
After the failure, CEO Gilbert G. Lundstrom faced 13 criminal charges related to his deception of investors, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The prosecution claimed that Lundstrom was "the architect of an aggressive strategy to expand the bank's portfolio" and "Lundstrom's bet on real estate in riskier areas decimated the bank" during the 2008 financial crisis. In March 2016, Lundstrom was sentenced to 132 months in prison, and was ordered to pay a fine of $1.2 million, equivalent to $ million in. $3,122,696 in restitution was ordered to be paid to all defendants.[9][10][11]. Lundstrom was released from federal custody on 2024-08-02.[12]
Post-failure
The FDIC's receivership was terminated in 2022. Great Western Bank was purchased by, and merged into, First Interstate BancSystem in 2022.[13]
See also
External links
References
- About Us TierOne Bank, retrieved 2025-10-28^
- TierOne's Rise and Fall 2010-06-05^
- TierOne Corporation [TONE] Celebrates Listing on The NASDAQ Stock Market 2002-10-02^
- Delisting of Securities of TierOne Corporation From The NASDAQ Stock Market NASDAQ, 2010-05-17, retrieved 2025-10-28^
- Matt Olberding. TierOne 10 years later: Looking back at Nebraska's biggest bank collapse 2020-05-31, retrieved 2025-10-27^
- David Barr. Great Western Bank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Assumes All of the Deposits of TierOne Bank, Lincoln, Nebraska Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 2010-06-04, retrieved 2025-10-27^
- TierOne Bank becomes Great Western Bank The Hebron Journal-Register, 2010-06-23, retrieved 2025-10-28^
- TîerOne closing is Neb.'s largest failure North Western Financial Review, 2010-07-01^
- Former CEO of $3 Billion TierOne Bank Convicted for Orchestrating Scheme to Hide More than $100 Million in Losses from Shareholders and Regulators United States Department of Justice, 6 November 2015^
- Michael Rapoport. Two Auditors Charged Over Bank Failure Wall Street Journal, 2013-01-09, retrieved 2025-10-27^
- Russel Hubbard. Feds Hook A Minnow Sunday World-Herald, 2015-11-08^
- Inmate locator BOP Register Number: 26950-047^
- Former Great Western Bank branches open today as First Interstate Bank Des Moines Business Record, 23 May 2022, retrieved 8 June 2022^