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FDIC Seeks $518M from Amtrust's Parent Firm 20100426-NEWS--1-NAT-CCI-CL_-- 4/23/2010 2:03 PM Page 1 $1.50/APRIL 26 - MAY 2, 2010 Ohio taxes FDIC seeks obstruct wind tech $518M from movement AmTrust’s Legislation aims to propel industry’s competitiveness parent firm By DAN SHINGLER [email protected] AmFin rebuffs liability; case may set precedent for accountability to feds When it comes to putting up turbines to turn moving air into elec- By ARIELLE KASS tricity, Ohio is sucking wind. However, [email protected] wind industry proponents hope leg- islation pending in the Statehouse The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. claims it is owed will whip Ohio into shape this year. more than $500 million from the holding company of The legislation would enable the the former AmTrust Bank for failing to be a “source of state to play catch-up with neighboring strength” to the bank, a claim the FDIC and others say states that are well ahead in the race could have broad implications for banks nationwide. to develop wind power. It also would In pleadings related to the bankruptcy case of AmTrust better position Ohio to cement its Financial Corp. — now known as AmFin Financial Corp. place as a top wind industry supply — FDIC attorneys said by agreeing to a Nov. 19, 2008, state. cease-and-desist order that required the bank to have a If passed, the new law would lower prescribed amount of the taxes levied on wind turbines. capital, AmFin committed “It’s not a small The change would make Ohio more to keeping AmTrust Bank competitive with surrounding states, well-capitalized. matter. We’re which already have addressed the tax AmFin therefore should going to litigate issue with their own laws. NEED FOR SPEED be on the hook for at least over who gets the “While every neighboring state in $518.5 million, which was money.” the northeast quadrant has moved AmTrust Bank’s capital ahead with wind farm development, Efforts under way to accelerate residential, deficit as of Sept. 30, 2009, – Eric Goodman, Ohio has not,” said Brad Lystra, according to the FDIC. attorney, Baker manager of economic development commercial connection to faster Internet service After its parent company Hostetler for the American Wind Energy Asso- filed for Chapter 11 bank- ciation, the industry’s primary trade By CHUCK SODER ruptcy protection last Nov. 30, AmTrust Bank — which group. [email protected] now is known as Ohio Savings Bank in this area — failed The problem, Mr. Lystra and and was taken over by New York Community Bank last other industry proponents say, is Dec. 4 in a deal orchestrated by the FDIC. Ohio’s tax structure. rganizations and government Attorneys for AmFin disagree with the FDIC and A developer who puts up a wind agencies all across Northeast say the government agency is owed nothing. They turbine in Ohio can expect to pay Ohio are trying to add more lanes say the company made no promises to keep AmTrust about $40,000 in annual property Bank well-capitalized and that AmTrust Financial taxes. That same turbine in Michigan, to the information superhighway. noteholders and others should receive priority over Indiana, Pennsylvania and many OSeveral local groups are working on the government agency. other states would cost less than While the Office of Thrift Supervision, regulator of $10,000 a year in taxes, Mr. Lystra projects to make the region’s Internet faster AmTrust Financial and AmTrust Bank, asked the holding said, speaking last Tuesday, April 20, and get more people to use it, efforts driven See BANK Page 6 to a group of about 50 Northeast Ohio manufacturers who hope to in part by ever-increasing demands for supply the wind industry. bandwidth and an influx of federal stimulus ON THE WEB “Of all the states in the country money. 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