Bank Error Leads To Bar Charges

The North Carolina State Bar has filed a complaint alleging that $81,570.99 was transferred by wire into the bank account of an attorney from the Asheville Savings Bank. According to the complaint, the funds were intended for another attorney’s escrow account. The transfer took place in 2004 but was not discovered until 2008. By then, the complaint contends, most of the money was gone. (Mike Frisch)