A Manhattan Federal Judge Sentences Film Producer to Eight Years in Prison for Defrauding Investors out of $26 Million
From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC:
New York film producer, David Bergstein has been sentenced to eight years in prison on seven fraud and conspiracy charges for defrauding investors out of more than $26 million.
More specifically, Bergstein, who was convicted this March, owned and operated a boutique merchant bank called the Cyrano Group, Inc.
According to federal prosecutors, starting in 2011, Bergstein through the Cyrano Group, defrauded investors in Weston Capital Asset Management, a New York-based investment adviser. Moreover, Bergstein along with Weston Capital Asset Management’s general counsel, Keith Wellner, concealed information from investors about transactions involving their money and transferred funds from one pool of investors to make payments to others.
In addition, according to court documents, Weston orchestrated a market manipulation scheme with investment banker, Jason Galanis involving the reinsurer, Gerova Financial Group Ltd. In 2016, Galanis pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with Gerova Financials’ market manipulation scheme.
Before going into finance, Bergstein previously produced such films as “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” and “In the Heart of the Sea,” among others.
Eccleston Law is investigating the fraudulent activities of David Bergstein. Those with information should contact our law firm.
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