Archive for March 1st, 2010

Real estate mogul Max Farash, 95, dies
Steve Orr/Mary Chao
March 1, 2010
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100301/NEWS01/3010335/Real-estate-mogul-Max-Farash–95–dies
Max M. Farash, who rose from humble immigrant beginnings to become one of the Rochester area’s wealthiest and most successful business owners, died early Sunday morning at the age of 95.
Mr. Farash, who built a real estate empire once estimated to be [...]

Farash grand-nephew indicted on theft charges
Steve Orr
March 1, 2010
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100301/NEWS01/100301008
Former Farash Corp. chief executive Matthew S. Aroesty has been indicted on charges that he stole more than $50,000 from the company founded by his late great-uncle, Max M. Farash.
A Monroe County grand jury handed up an indictment Friday on a single count of [...]

$340K theft nets defendant only 30 days in jail
Jim McGauley
February 25, 2010
The Baker County Press.com
http://www.bakercountypress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=307:340k-theft-nets-defendent-only-30-days-in-jail&catid=59:news&Itemid=57
A Macclenny woman believed to be the mastermind of a scheme to bilk her elderly and infirm sister-in-law out of $340,000 in cash and other assets will spend a month in county jail and be on probation for 10 years.
Francis [...]

Astor attorney’s disbarment: little too little, little too late
Lou Ann Anderson
March 1, 2010
www.EstateofDenial.com
Disbarment is the latest development in the saga of Francis X. Morrissey, the New York estate planning attorney who schemed to loot millions of dollars from Brooke Astor’s estate.  In October 2009, Morrissey was convicted of four felony and one misdemeanor counts including [...]