On Tuesday, Samuel J. Mancini, a biking investor and former CEO of Outside Capital Companions, acquired a 71-month jail sentence for securities fraud.
The Colorado man fraudulently raised almost $11 million from traders to amass prime Italian biking manufacturers, together with Gruppo Srl –the mum or dad of Cinelli and Columbus–, De Rosa, De Marchi Attire, and Limar Helmets. Nonetheless, not one of the acquisitions have been accomplished, and traders say their investments weren’t returned.Â
“This defendant concocted an elaborate scheme to swindle unsuspecting victims out of their hard-earned cash. His lies and theft have been profitable to the tune of $11 million – proper up-to-the-minute legislation enforcement caught up with him. He’ll now spend the following a number of years of his life in jail, a simply punishment for his crimes,” mentioned U.S. Lawyer Philip R. Sellinger in an announcement.
On the sentencing listening to on Tuesday, Mancini stood accused of partaking in a Ponzi-like scheme, which included misrepresentations about fund operations, his background, and his contribution to the fund.
In line with the United States Lawyer’s Workplace, District of New Jersey, Mancini managed and managed Outside Capital Companions LLC (OCP), which he introduced to be a enterprise capital and personal fairness agency. In flip, OCP served because the managing director of OCP Italia Fund LLC (OCP Italia), a non-public funding fund. Mancini used each OCP and OCP Italia to interact in his fraudulent scheme, during which he promised biking traders he was elevating $20 million, together with $5 million of his personal cash, for OCP Italia to amass the aforementioned Italian legacy manufacturers. The inducement provided to traders was roughly 70 p.c of OCP Italia’s working income.Â
Mancini assured traders that the acquisitions would happen quickly after the fund closed. Nonetheless, the acquisitions have been by no means accomplished, and Mancini was discovered to have repeatedly misrepresented his schooling, his funds and OCP Italia’s capability to shut on the acquisitions. He was additionally discovered to have defaulted on contracts, solid or modified paperwork and monetary information, and diverted investor funds out of OCP Italia.
Mancini was arrested in July 2021 on federal securities fraud, wire fraud and cash laundering costs. Throughout Tuesday’s five-hour listening to, Mancini confronted a most penalty of 20 years in jail and a $5 million fantastic for the securities fraud depend.Â
Courtroom paperwork reveal that Decide Claire Cecchi in the end selected 71-month jail time period with three years of supervised launch and a restitution of  $10,615.000 to be paid again to the traders her defrauded.
Mancini nonetheless faces a second civil case that the U.S. Securities and Trade Fee is prosecuting.Â
