Charles J. Antonucci, Sr., former President and Chief Executive Officer of Park Avenue Bank is the first to be criminally charged for attempting to defraud the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”). The case was unsealed in March in the southern district court of Manhattan.
Agents of the Special Inspector General for TARP (“SIGTARP”) participated in the investigation, a enforcement agency resulting from the recently passed Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force established in November 2009. Continue reading ›