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$1B Scheme: Pair Of CEOs, Including Manhasset Man, Defrauded 10K Investors, Jury Finds $1B Scheme: Pair Of CEOs, Including Manhasset Man, Defrauded 10K Investors, Jury Finds
$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…
Long Island Man Sentenced For Role In $147M Stock Manipulation Scheme Long Island Man Sentenced For Role In $147M Stock Manipulation Scheme
Long Island Man Sentenced For Role In $147M Stock Manipulation Scheme A Long Island man will spend time behind bars for his role in a near $150 million scheme to defraud area companies and elderly investors. Emin Cohen, 35, of Coram, a cold-caller and accountant executive at My Street Research in Melville, was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $86,168 in forfeiture after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud in connection with a multi-defendant, $147 million scheme to defraud investors in publicly traded companies.  Between January 2014 and July 2017, Cohen and 15 others participated in a “pump and dump” stock fraud s…
CEO, Manager From Long Island Convicted In Overbilling Fraud Scheme CEO, Manager From Long Island Convicted In Overbilling Fraud Scheme
CEO, Manager From Long Island Convicted In Overbilling Fraud Scheme Two high ranking officials from Long Island that ran a payment process company have been convicted of defrauding merchants with "hidden fees" and false guarantees. Commerce Payment Systems CEO Michael Mendlowitz, of Woodmere, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud following a four-week trial in Manhattan federal court, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced. A second man, East Meadow resident Richard Hart, who was a CPS manager, previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States. Berma…