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Rudy Giuliani associate jailed for a year over fraud at fraud-busting business

Rudy Giuliani associate jailed for a year over fraud at fraud-busting business

David Correia, 45, was charged alongside Lev Parnas in case over Fraud Guarantee
A Florida businessman whose fraud-busting business was exposed as a fraud itself was sentenced on Monday to a year and a day in prison, in a case in which prosecutors said Rudy Giuliani was hired as a consultant to attract investors.

David Correia, 45, was sentenced remotely by the US district judge J Paul Oetken in Manhattan. Granting requests for leniency, the judge cited Correia’s lesser role in the fraud scheme – he was charged alongside Lev Parnas – and medical issues that might make his time in prison more challenging.

Oetken also ordered Correia to pay back the roughly $43,000 he received illegally, as well as more than $2m in restitution.

Oetken noted that two of seven victims had urged leniency, though he said it was “hard to ignore” the irony of fraud surrounding a business titled Fraud Guarantee.

In October, Correia pleaded guilty to making false statements to the Federal Election Commission and conspiring to commit wire fraud. The plea came in connection with $2.3m raised for the company, which was supposed to protect investors in businesses from becoming fraud victims.

Before the sentence was announced, Correia told Oetken he had tried to be a better father and husband since his arrest.

“I feel true remorse,” he said.

In court papers, Correia largely blamed his slide into criminal behavior on his association with Parnas. Parnas has pleaded not guilty to charges related to Fraud Guarantee and other charges alleging he made illegal contributions to politicians he thought could aid his political and business interests.

The prosecution generated headlines after Parnas and another co-defendant worked with Giuliani to try to get Ukrainian officials to investigate the son of the then Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Giuliani has said he knew nothing about contributions by the men. He has not been charged.

The assistant US attorney Nicolas Roos had urged a sentence of about three years for Correia, which was what federal sentencing guidelines suggested.

The prosecutor said Correia was essentially “the closer” in conversations with investors and “bragged about his lavish lifestyle” with at least one.

In court papers, prosecutors noted that Correia also bragged about the involvement of Giuliani as a consultant, enticing one investor who seemed thrilled to contribute $500,000.

Prosecutors said Correia told the investor Giuliani had agreed that his likeness could be used as the “face of the company”.

Giuliani, a former New York mayor who served as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has confirmed he was promised $500,000 to consult with the company. Prosecutors have not alleged Giuliani did anything wrong and he was only referred to in court papers and at the sentencing as “attorney-1”.

The defense attorney William J Harrington said his client had good intentions and spent thousands of hours trying to develop the business.

“He’s really a good person who did wrong,” Harrington said.
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