Defendant: John Nemec (DOB: 03/06/71)
Dec. 7, 2018 -- Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced that a one-time fugitive from justice, John Nemec of Yonkers, was sentenced Thursday (12/6) to three terms of 2-6 years in state prison to run concurrently for defrauding three victims of more than $190,000. He pleaded guilty Sept. 6, 2018, to:
- one count of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony
- two counts of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, class D felonies
As part of the sentences, Westchester County Court Judge Barry Warhit issued orders of restitution for Nemec to repay his victims.
Background
The indictment alleges that John Nemec conspired and engaged in a fraudulent investment scheme to steal over $190,000 from his victims. To carry out the scheme, Nemec first fraudulently induced his victims to trust him and then he stole their money. He told his victims that he left his short-lived employment as a police officer years ago to become a financial success in both the film industry and as a stock trader. He showed one victim a fraudulent investment account statement falsely stating that Nemec had over $58,000,000.00 ($58 million) in personal investments.
Once Nemec gained their trust, he convinced his victims to transfer their life savings to him and his co-conspirator under the guise their money would be held and invested on their behalf. Shortly after their savings were transferred, Nemec orchestrated the withdrawal of their money for his own personal use.
Between August 2010 and October 2010, Nemec stole approximately $50,285 of investment funds from his first victim. In May 2011, he stole approximately $4,900 from his next victim. Then, between June 2011 and October 2012, Nemec and his co-conspirator stole approximately $137,068 from his third victim.
In March 2014, after learning the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office was investigating his crimes, Nemec began actively evading investigators and apparently fled to Spain at one point. Arrest warrants were issued by the Yonkers City Court March 28, 2014, and by the Westchester County Supreme Court Oct. 11, 2016.
Nemec was a fugitive from justice for more than two years. Through the persistence of and coordination between the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office and the Westchester County Department of Public Safety’s Warrant-Fugitive Unit, Nemec was located and apprehended May 2, 2018, in LaGrange, New York.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Brian Fitzgerald, Deputy Chief of the Westchester County District Attorney’s Investigations Division Public Integrity Bureau.
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