Brooklyn Man Accused of Securities Fraud
A Brooklyn man is on trial for securities fraud after allegedly duping more than 800 investors out of millions in a Ponzi scheme. Phillip Barry has been accused of misleading investors by telling them that their money was being used to invest in stocks when in truth, Mr. Barry used the funds to invest in land.Prosecutors have accused Mr. Barry of accepting money from unsuspecting investors in exchange for guaranteed rates of returns. However, a majority of the proceeds supposedly went to pay off original clients.
In addition to running a Ponzi scheme, which Mr. Barry mistakenly admitted to, he has also been accused of committing stock fraud.
Mr. Barry ran his operation out of a storefront in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn under his company Leverage Group, which guaranteed high rates of returns.
Mr. Barry’s clients claim that they were told that their money was being used to invest in the stock market. However, it appears that Mr. Barry was using the funds to purchase vacant land with the intentions to later develop.
“This is a case about a con man,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Goldberg in his opening statement. “Phillip Barry repeatedly lied to his clients to get their money and now their money is gone.”
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