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U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
WWW.JUSTICE.GOV/USAO/NYS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012
Indictment Filed Charging Financial Executives with Fraudulent Schemes
A 13-count indictment was unsealed today charging Wilbur Anthony Huff, a Kentucky bus inessman, and Matthew L. Morris, the former senior vice president of Park Avenue Bank, with conspiracy to commit bank bribery, bank and insurance fraud, and theft of $2.3 million from a publicly traded company. The indictment was announced by Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Christy Romero, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP); Mary Galligan, the Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the FBI; José A. Gonzalez , the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Miami Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service , Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI); Benjamin Lawsky, the Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services; James T. Hayes Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI); and Jon T. Rymer, Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC-OIG). Huff, who is also charged with tax evasion, is alleged to have participated in a variety of fraudulent schemes involving over $100 million. Allen Reichman, the former executive director of investments at an investment bank and financial services company, is also c harged in the insurance fraud scheme, a scheme that left an Oklahoma-based insurance company in receivership.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: “Nearly two years ago, we secured the first conviction against a defendant, Park Avenue Bank President and CEO, Charles Antonucci, for attempting to steal $11 million from the taxpayer-funded
