New York Attorney Sentenced to Six Months in Prison in Manhattan Federal Court for Fraud in Connection with a Scheme to Purchase Maxim Magazine (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, announced that HARVEY NEWKIRK, formerly counsel at a law firm in Manhattan, was sentenced today to a prison term of six months for wire fraud in connection with his participation in a scheme to fraudulently induce lenders to provide tens of millions of dollars toward the purchase of Maxim Magazine and related assets ('Maxim'). A jury convicted NEWKIRK of one count of wire fraud on December 14, 2015, after a five-week trial. He was found not guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and not guilty of one count of aggravated identity...