NEW YORK – A fraudster facing sentencing next week lured one investor by bragging that Rudy Giuliani had agreed to be the face of a fraud-busting company that was itself a fraud, prosecutors said Monday.
The revelation was included in papers filed late Monday in Manhattan federal court as prosecutors urged a judge to sentence David Correia next week to about three years in prison.
The West Palm Beach, Florida, man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission.
His lawyer asked in papers filed last week that Correia serve no prison time. But prosecutors said he deserves 33 to 41 months in prison for a fraud that cheated seven individuals of over $2 million.