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Dallas Federal Judge Tosses Whistleblower Claims Against BB&T

A federal judge has thrown out a whistleblower lawsuit by a North Texas businessman who alleged that the North Carolina banking giant, BB&T Co., was involved in a scheme to defraud an arm of the federal government out of millions of dollars, court records show.

In an April 11 court opinion, U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle said that Mark Wismer failed to specify enough facts in his petition to support the fraud claims against the bank, whose formal name is Branch Banking and Trust Co.

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