An additional 21 businesses and individuals from Illinois andMissouri filed civil lawsuits against the $1 billion Scott CreditUnion and its former business relationship manager, allegingconsumer fraud that may involve millions of dollars.

Seven new civil lawsuits were filed last month in St. ClairCounty Circuit Court in Belleville, Ill. These latest legal actionsfollow a similar civil lawsuit alleging consumer fraud and othercharges filed last year by Dave Butz, a former NFL Super Bowl Champion of Swansea, Ill.,and Eugene Schill of St. Louis.

However, in addition to denying consumer fraud allegations,lawyers for the Edwardsville, Ill.-based credit union argued incourt documents that Butz and Schill may have benefited from thealleged fraud by its indicted business relationship manager.

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