Hills Bank and Trust Company
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Hills Bank and Trust Company is a bank based in Hill, Iowa, U.S.A. with additional offices in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids and other communities in eastern Iowa. The bank was founded in 1904, and is a subsidiary of Hills Bancorporation, a holding company established on December 12, 1982.[1] The bank's president is Dwight O. Seegmiller.
A former vice-president and controller of the bank, Steven Sueppel was indicted on charges of embezzling $559,040 from the bank and six counts of money laundering. He pleaded not guilty to embezzlement and money laundering on February 20, 2008[2], and is believed dead after his wife and children were found dead and a car he owned crashed.[3]
The bank's Hills office was the scene of bloodshed in December 1985 when a farmer, Dale Burr, 63 years old, shot and killed bank president John Hughes. Burr also killed Burr's wife and another farmer, and then killed himself.[4]
In January 2005, Banjamin Langford, a resident of Des Moines, was sentenced to life in prison for robbing an Iowa City branch of the bank in March 2004.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Hills Bancorporation – Corporate Profile. Hills Bank and Trust Company official site. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ Ex-bank official pleads not guilty. Gazette (2008-03-24). Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ Authorities report multiple fatalities in Iowa City. WCF Courier (2008-03-24). Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ 4 Dead in Rampage in an Iowa Town. The New York Times (December 10, 1985). Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ Des Moines man sentenced to life in prison for bank robbery. WCF Courier (Friday, January 7, 2005 7:49 PM CST). Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
