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$1B Scheme: Pair Of CEOs, Including Manhasset Man, Defrauded 10K Investors, Jury Finds
A New York resident was one of two CEOs convicted in federal court of a $1 billion fraud scheme involving thousands of investors.
Long Island resident David Gentile, age 57, of Manhasset, and Jeffry Schneider, age 55, of Austin, Texas, were found guilty in federal court on all counts of an indictment charging them with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and securities fraud.
Gentile, the owner and CEO of GPB Capital Holdings, was also convicted on two counts of wire fraud.
The verdict came after an eight-week trial.
When sentenced on Thursd…
23-Year-Old Woman Charged After Federal Judge From NY Killed In Hit-Run Crash
A woman has been charged after a longtime Federal judge in New York was killed in a hit-and-run crash.
Sandra Feuerstein, US District Judge of the Eastern District of New York on Long Island, died Friday morning, April 9 after she was struck by a vehicle in Boca Raton, Florida, according to authorities.
The driver of the vehicle, identified as 23-year-old Nastasia Snape, of North Lauderdale, Florida, then struck a 6-year-old boy, according to the Sun-Sentinel of South Florida.
Witnesses said Snape had been driving erratically and after crashing told emergency responders…
