Manhattan U.S. Attorney and FBI Assistant Director Announce Arrests of Five Defendants in Multi-Million-Dollar Corporate Accounting Fraud (Federal Bureau of Investigation - New York Field Office)

(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - New York Field Office) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the arrests of STEVEN KAITZ, LATCHMEE MAHATO, a/k/a "Robbie," JONATHAN WHEELER, and ZACHARY KAITZ, former executives and employees of a New Jersey-based company that provided in-store displays for retailers (the "Company"), and KATHLEEN SMITH, a former employee of a New York-based sports apparel and footwear retailer that was a major customer of the Company ("Customer-1"), in connection with an...