$17M Scam Funded NJ Mini-Golf Buy-In, Lavish Life For PA Adviser: DOJ
A Main Line investment adviser stole millions from clients—including friends, relatives, and retirees—to bankroll a luxury lifestyle and buy into a Jersey Shore mini-golf course, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Saturday, July 5.
Scott Mason, 66, of Gladwyne, was sentenced on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a sweeping fraud scheme that lasted over a decade. The Department of Justice says Mason stole more than $17 million while running his firm, Rubicon Wealth Management LLC, and never reported a cent to the IRS.
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Greenwich Investment Firm Founder Stole Millions In Clients' Cash: Feds
A 49-year-old Connecticut man faces potentially decades in prison after he allegedly defrauded and stole $3.5 million of his client's money for years, federal authorities said.
Justin C. Murphy, 49, of Stamford, is charged with 15 counts of wire fraud, five counts of money laundering, and three counts of tax evasion, the US Attorney for Connecticut announced on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Murphy ran the Greenwich-based investment firm Mara. The company also went by Mara Investment Group, LLC, Mara Investment Management LP, and Mara Investments Global Management LLC.
Federal inv…
'Cybercriminal, Cheat' Russian Hacker Guilty Of Boston Stock Conspiracy: Feds
A Russian businessman was convicted this week of an elaborate conspiracy where he and several others hacked into a computer system located in Boston to steal yet-to-released earnings reports from hundreds of companies and used the information to buy stocks, authorities said. They made nearly $100 million in this scheme, officials added.
Vladislav Klyushin, age 42, of Moscow, was found guilty on Tuesday, Feb. 14, on all charges, including wire fraud and securities fraud, following a 10-day trial in Boston, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He faces up to 30 years in federal prison.
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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Raised To Support NY College Basketball Player After Fire
Friends, family, and fans of a popular D-1 college basketball player whose family’s New York home and belongings were destroyed by a fast-moving fire.
On Saturday, Feb. 26, a fire tore through the Queens home Zakai Zeigler, a prominent guard playing in the SEC for the Tennessee Volunteers who grew up on Long Island, in Wyandanch in Suffolk County.
In the fire, Zeigler’s mother, who is raising her special-needs 4-year-old nephew, lost all of her belongings, including accessibility equipment for the child, including wheelchairs and splints.
In response, Zeigler set up a GoFundMe page for his…
Stamford Man Sentenced For $2M Investment Scheme
The former CEO of a Fairfield County business has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison after being convicted of defrauding investors of more than $2 million, including several women he met on an online dating website.
Stamford resident Thomas Connerton, the founder, president, and CEO of Safety Technologies, LLC, which operated out of Westport, Stamford, Madison, and Simsbury, was found guilty in federal court for his role in a $2 million investment scheme.
On Thursday, Dec. 19, Connerton was sentenced to 108 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for hi…
Ex-Fairfield County CEO Man Guilty Of Defrauding More Than $2M From Investors
The former CEO of a Fairfield County business has been found guilty of defrauding investors of more than $2 million, including several women he met on an online dating website.
Stamford resident Thomas Connerton, the founder, president and CEO of Safety Technologies, LLC, which operated out of Westport, Stamford, Madison and Simsbury, has been found guilty in federal court for his role in the investment scheme.
John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, said that Safety Technologies was founded in 2006, with the purpose of developing and commercializing what wa…
