| Lawyer
Wisnicki
Pleads to
Ponzi Scheme
and Money
Laundering for
78 Month Deal
in SDNY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 18 – For a Ponzi scheme
and health care fraud money
laundering, attorney Robert
Wisniki came to plead guilty
on September 18, 2023 before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Paul G. Gardephe. Inner
City Press was there, thread:
He's charged with
a $18.8M Ponzi scheme to lure
investors to purchase real
estate through his law firm
and money laundering using his
law firm trust accounts to
conceal the proceeds of
healthcare fraud.
He is waiving his
right to appeal any sentence
78 months or
below.
Wisnicki
proffered with prosecutors on
May 11, 2022 but has not been
given a cooperator's deal.
Sentencing
set for Jan 12 at 2
pm.
Afterward the US
Attorney's Office said,
"ROBERT WISNICKI pled guilty
today to participating in a
$18.8 million Ponzi scheme
designed to lure investors to
purchase real estate through
his New York-based law firms,
Wisnicki & Associates LLP
and Wisnicki Neuhauser LLP,
WISNICKI
also pled guilty to a separate
conspiracy to commit money
laundering using his law firm
trust accounts to conceal the
proceeds of healthcare fraud,
during which WISNICKI
obstructed justice and
committed perjury while
testifying before a grand
jury."
The overall
case is US v. Gulkarov, et
al., 22-cr-20 (Gardephe)
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