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  1. November 13, 2014

    Ex-Sky Capital Exec Gets 2.5 Years For Aid In $140M Fraud

    The former chief operating officer of Sky Capital LLC was sentenced in New York federal court on Thursday to 30 months in prison on charges that he aided the brokerage firm's $140 million investment fraud scheme.

  2. October 27, 2014

    Cooperating Ex-Sky Capital Broker Avoids Prison Sentence

    A former Sky Capital LLC broker on Monday received a sentence of time served for his role in the company's $140 million investment fraud scheme by a Manhattan federal judge who noted his testimony helped a jury convict two architects of the crime.

  3. May 04, 2012

    Ex-Sky Capital Broker Gets 5 Years For $140M Stock Fraud

    Former Sky Capital Capital LLC broker Adam Harrington was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for his role in a scheme that bilked investors of $140 million by bribing other brokers to pump up stock in Sky Capital-related entities.

  4. May 03, 2012

    Sky Capital's Ross Mandell Gets 12 Years For $140M Fraud

    Ross Mandell, the founder of Wall Street brokerage Sky Capital Capital LLC, was sentenced to 12 years in prison Thursday for defrauding investors of an estimated $140 million by having brokers lie to pump up stock in Sky Capital-related entities.

  5. November 03, 2011

    Sky Founder Fails To Nix $140M Fraud Conviction

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused to overturn the conviction of Sky Capital LLC founder Ross Mandell, who was found guilty in July of running a $140 million investment scheme.

  6. August 29, 2011

    Sky Capital Founder Looks To Overturn Fraud Conviction

    Sky Capital LLC founder Ross Mandell, convicted in July for running a $140 million scheme to swindle investors, asked a New York federal judge Friday for acquittal, arguing the government's case lacked verifiable evidence and was largely based on speculation.

  7. July 26, 2011

    Sky Capital Defendants Convicted In $140M Fraud Case

    A New York jury on Tuesday convicted the founder of Sky Capital LLC and a former Sky broker of four fraud-related counts for their role in what prosecutors say was a $140 million scheme to swindle investors.

  8. July 21, 2011

    Wall Street Ire No Reason To Convict, Ex-Sky CEO Says

    A lawyer for self-described Wall Street "bad boy" Ross Mandell asked jurors in New York on Thursday not to let recession-induced rancor toward spendthrift bankers affect deliberations over whether the Sky Capital LLC founder led a $140 million stock sales fraud.

  9. July 20, 2011

    Sky Capital Defendants Are 'Family Of Criminals': US

    Federal prosecutors told a New York jury during closing arguments Wednesday that Sky Capital LLC founder Ross Mandell masterminded a massive securities fraud scheme and broker Adam Harrington was his "golden boy," but Harrington's lawyer said the evidence was weak.

  10. July 15, 2011

    Ex-NYSE Examiner Plays Down Sky Capital Fraud Claims

    New York brokerage Sky Capital LLC had just a few bad apples, not the widespread fraud prosecutors claim, a former New York Stock Exchange examiner said Friday while testifying on behalf of Sky Capital founder Ross Mandell and broker Adam Harrington.

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