Justin Paperny, a 31-year-old broker with Capital Management Group admitted attempting, along with fellow broker Keith Gilabert, of attempting to defraud 40 investors of $2.5 million by misrepresenting the performance the firm’s hedge fund, GLT Venture Fund, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Los Angeles Daily News reports.
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At his July 30 sentencing before U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson, Paperny faces a maximum of five years in federal jail.
Gilabert pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy and will be sentenced on July 23.