Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, an indictment was unsealed charging Alberto Gomez, an accountant with a practice in Elmhurst, New York, with wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud in connection with multiple real estate investment fraud schemes. Those schemes included soliciting and obtaining investments for the purchase of property he purported to own but did not, and for investments of more than 100% ownership interest in properties across Long Island, resulting in losses to over a dozen victims in excess of $3 million. Gomez then fraudulently filed for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York in an attempt to discharge his debts. Gomez was arrested this morning in Boca Raton, Florida, and will be arraigned in the Eastern District of New York at a later date.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice