NY Lawyer Sentenced to 78 Months for $18.8 Million Ponzi Scheme

A New York lawyer who admitted to money laundering and orchestrating a $18.8 million Ponzi scheme using his Queens-based law firms has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison, plus three years of supervised release.

Robert Wisnicki, the founding partner of Wisnicki & Associates LLP and Wisnicki Neuhauser LLP, will serve 36 months on a money laundering count and 42 months on a wire fraud count, according to the US District Court for Southern District of New York. Wisnicki was indicted along with seven others in January 2022 and pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to commit ...