Joseph Cole Barleta entered a plea of guilty on one count of racketeering conspiracy in connection with his role in the operation of a fraudulent investment vehicle known as Complete Business Solutions Group, which is alleged to have generated over $100 million in illegal proceeds for Barleta and its other principals, to the detriment of numerous investors, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
According to the DOJ, Barleta, Joseph LaForte, James LaForte, and others, were part of an association-in-fact racketeering enterprise that conspired to commit a number of predicate crimes, including those related to the fleecing of the company’s many ...
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