Life Lesson: when one settles fraud charges with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, it's best to keep one's personal spending quiet according
to finaltneratives.
That's advice that hedge fund manager Lawrence Goldfarb
allegedly failed to heed. Goldfarb, head of LRG Capital, was held in civil
contempt last week by a federal judge in San Francisco; authorities say that
Goldfarb spent almost $300,000 on "personal luxury expenses" while
paying only $80,000 of the $14.2 million he agreed to pay last year to victims
of his alleged fraud.
Among the big-ticket items Goldfarb bought since striking
the deal were $43,000 tickets to see basketball's Golden State Warriors.
Goldfarb also alleged spent more than $46,000 on three
chartered flights, some $39,000 on luxury hotels and a vacation house, nearly
$12,000 for an engagement party and $8,000 at the Pottery Barn.
"This guy is living high on the hog while the poor,
defrauded investors get nothing," Judge Alsup said.
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