Webster Bank’s former General Counsel James Blose was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for stealing more than $7.4 million from the bank by skimming money from closings and other ...

Last year, James Blose, 56, of Fairfield ... held high-level positions at Hudson Valley Bank, Sterling National Bank and Webster Bank, which acquired Sterling in January 2022.

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced veteran general counsel James Blose to four years ... New York-based Sterling Bank; and Stamford, Connecticut-based Webster Bank. Webster Bank acquired ...

James Blose, 56, was sentenced in federal court ... and Sterling National Bank from 2013 to January 2022. He said Webster Bank acquired Sterling National that Janury, and for the next 13 months ...

Prosecutors also want James Blose, 56, to repay banks ... Connecticut-based Webster Bank. Webster Bank acquired Sterling in 2022 and soon after discovered the embezzlement. Blose used a variety ...

According to evidence and testimony, James Blose, 56, approximately $7.4 million from his employers, which included Hudson Valley Bank, Sterling National Bank, and Webster Bank, starting in 2013.

James Blose, general counsel at Hudson Valley Bank and Sterling National Bank, stole portions of closing costs and sale proceeds. Blose's schemes netted about $7.4 million.