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Judi Lynn

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Fri May 13, 2016, 10:14 PM May 2016

Ex-Columbia Business School professor gets 2 years in prison

Source: Associated Press

Ex-Columbia Business School professor gets 2 years in prison

Updated 8:43 pm, Friday, May 13, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — A former adjunct professor at New York City's Columbia Business School who defrauded investors in his company of more than $3 million has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Gregory Rorke was sentenced Friday at federal court in Manhattan. He pleaded guilty a year ago to securities fraud and wire fraud charges. The 63-year-old was arrested in 2014.

Prosecutors say he made false representations to at least 30 investors beginning in 2009. They say his investors included a former student.

The government says Rorke carried out the fraud while he led a Manhattan-based software company he founded.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Ex-Columbia-Business-School-professor-gets-2-7468054.php

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Earlier today I read a post here about Republicans infesting universities... scscholar May 2016 #1
 

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1. Earlier today I read a post here about Republicans infesting universities...
Fri May 13, 2016, 10:31 PM
May 2016

and this is further evidence.

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