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Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg By Silla Brush, Noah Buhayar and Allyson Versprille +Follow March 21, 2023, 7:20 PM UTC Listen to this article 3:29 Share this article Copied Gift this article Subscriber Benefit Bloomberg subscribers can gift up to 5 articles a month for anyone to read, even non-subscribers! Learn more Subscribe Sign In Follow the authors @sabrush + Get alerts forSilla Brush @NBuhayar + Get alerts forNoah Buhayar @allyversprille + Get alerts forAllyson Versprille As Silicon Valley Bank deteriorated late last year and regulators began internally flagging flaws in its risk management, the lender opened up the credit spigot to one group: insiders. Loans to officers, directors and principal shareholders, and their related interests, more than tripled from the third quarter last year to $219 million in the final three months of 2022, according to government data. 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