Legal Opinion
Crigger v. Fahnestock & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 29, 2006No. Docket No. 05-2428 CVPublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Circuit Judge.
Victims of a Ponzi scheme brought suit for common law fraud against the schemers — Aurelio Vuono and Raymond Mini-cucci — and Fahnestock & Co. (“Fahnes-tock”), a financial institution that employed Minicucci and was used by him and Vuono as a financial intermediary. Although Minicucci had settled, his role was contested at trial in the context of Fahnestock’s liability under the doctrine of respondeat superior. The jury found that plaintiffs failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that Vuono or Minicucci was liable for fraud; and having found no fraud by…
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