Ga. Banker, Once Declared Dead, Arrested During Traffic Stop

In this June 2012 photo released by the FBI, Aubrey Lee Price is seen in Key West, Fla. Federal authorities have released new photos showing a missing south Georgia bank director on the day he disappeared last month.... In this June 2012 photo released by the FBI, Aubrey Lee Price is seen in Key West, Fla. Federal authorities have released new photos showing a missing south Georgia bank director on the day he disappeared last month. Authorities have accused Price of embezzling millions from a small south Georgia bank after he became a director when a company he controlled bought a controlling share of stock in Montgomery Bank & Trust. (AP Photo/FBI) MORE LESS
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BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A south Georgia bank director accused of losing millions of investor dollars before vanishing is set to appear in court.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Savannah says 47-year-old Aubrey Lee Price is due to appear before a federal judge in Brunswick on Thursday. Price was arrested Tuesday during a traffic stop on Interstate 95 in Brunswick.

Price had disappeared in June 2012 after sending a rambling letter to his family and acquaintances saying he had lost millions of investment dollars and planned to kill himself.

A Florida judge declared him dead about a year ago. But the FBI had said it didn’t believe Price was dead and continued to search for him.

Prosecutors say Price raised $40 million from his bank and 115 investors, and lost much of the money.

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