Columbia University Fraud Suspects Found Guilty by Jury
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Four men accused of the theft of more than $5 million from New York’s Columbia University were convicted of all counts against them after a jury trial, Manhattan District Attorney’s Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office said.
George Castro, 50, of the Bronx, Walter Stephens Jr., 66, of Jersey City, New Jersey, Jeremy Dieudonne, 47, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Joseph Pineras, 35, of the Bronx, were convicted yesterday of grand larceny and other charges after a two-week trial before New York State Supreme Court Justice Robert Stolz in Manhattan.