Regulators performed a limited on-site “visitation” (limited-scope examination) at the bank during
September 2000, after the acquisition of MTB Bank. During an examination in March 2001, FDIC
and State of Connecticut examiners became suspicious of an unusually high volume of loan activity
that had occurred at the bank in March 2000. After they began investigating the matter, they
discovered that over $20 million of loans funded in the latter part of March 2000 were ultimately
channeled to the bank’s Chairman and used to fund the acquisition of MTB Bank. The irregularities
surrounding these loans coupled with other asset quality problems led to the bank’s closure on June
26, 2002, less than 27 months after it acquired MTB Bank.