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The escrow account was the trapdoor. The masks were never coming.

In the spring of 2020, a Montreal company wired $8.2 million to a purported escrow account for face masks Quebec and Alberta were desperate to receive. Six years later, an Orchard Park business owner has admitted the escrow account was the door the money walked through, not the lock that held it.

By Elena Ruiz · May 30

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The judge held the escrow. That was the whole pitch.

Federal prosecutors say a sitting New York Supreme Court justice let his name sit on a bank account two investors believed was an escrow. The wire cleared. The money moved. Only a fraction came home.

By Ray Delgado · May 13

Real Estate

The escrow account had a judge's name on it. That was the point.

Federal prosecutors say a former Brooklyn judge and a 37-year-old investor turned a judicial title into a wire-fraud instrument. The investors thought they were buying a UCC auction position. There was no auction.

By Ray Delgado · May 13

The escrow account was the trapdoor. The masks were never coming.

The judge held the escrow. That was the whole pitch.

The escrow account had a judge's name on it. That was the point.

See the pitch they're running today.

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