The FBI arrested a Jew recently for allegedly defrauding victims out of more than $50 million in a real estate Ponzi scheme.
Gershon Barkany allegedly promised to use large sums of money from at least five victims in “risk-free” deals to purchase and then immediately re-sell at a profit large real estate properties located in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Atlantic City, which did not exist, according to the criminal complaint.
Gershon Barkany (Photo credit: James Carbone)
He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment if convicted.
According to one of the victims, Barkany claimed that the sellers of these properties “would only close on the real estate sales contracts after Barkany had located a purchaser who would be willing to buy the property from Barkany at a higher price.”
In that way, Barkany assured the victim that the real estate deals would be “risk free.”
The FBI said that Barkany allegedly diverted some of the funds he received to pay investors whom he had earlier defrauded. The defendant also apparently lost some of the funds in gambling and otherwise used the money for his own benefit.
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