Judge in embezzlement case recuses himself

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A judge has recused himself from the case of a local banker charged with embezzling millions of dollars.

The judge said he had a conflict.

Federal prosecutors accused Christopher Boston, a former vice president at the Fifth Third Bank in Mandarin, of embezzling more than $10.5 million from accounts and using the cash to fund loans for bank customers previously denied loans.