ATLANTA A Stockbridge banker was sentenced to serve 12 years in prison Thursday, for his role in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to defraud the First City Bank of Stockbridge.
Mark A. Conner, the banks former president, was sentenced during an appearance before U.S. District Court Judge Steve C. Jones, in the Northern District Court of Georgia.
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