Ex-AFG CEO Hand Pleads Guilty to Plot to Kill Witness
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Ex-AFG Financial Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Aaron Hand, already imprisoned for his role in a fraudulent $100 million mortgage scheme, pleaded guilty today to plotting to kill a witness who testified against him.
Hand, 40, sentenced in 2010 to as long as 25 years in prison, pleaded guilty today before Judge Laura Ward in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan to one count of conspiracy to commit murder.