MADISON, Wis. — In the past few days, Eric Hovde has come under criticism for doing business with a Mexican bank long reported to have ties to the cartel.
As Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel revealed last week, Banco Azteca, a Mexican bank with suspected ties to the cartel and cut off by other U.S. banks over “risk and compliance concerns,” flew $26 million in cash over the U.S-Mexico border directly to Eric Hovde’s bank in California.
Here’s what Wisconsinites are watching about about Eric Hovde and his questionable business dealings: