James Nicholson (Investor)
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James M. Nicholson was an American
United States
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 businessman and was the head of the investment firm Westgate Capital Management. The headquarters of Westgate Capital was located in Pearl River, NY
Pearl River, New York
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. Nicholson was arrested on February 25, 2009 by the FBI and charged by the SEC for allegedly "defraud[ing] hundreds of investors of millions of dollars". Nicholson was indicted by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
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, on April 23, 2009, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding investors in the Ponzi scheme.
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