Case Updates

01/29/2024

Brian Peter Troiano, of Tampa, was sentenced to 60 months of probation and ordered to pay $46,000 in restitution connection with a fraudulent investment offering. He was also ordered to serve 50 hours of community service and to not have any contact with victims or invest or trade stocks for others. The sentencing followed a guilty plea to charges of grand theft and selling unregistered securities for his role in an investment scam.

01/04/2024

David Aubel, aka David Kost, was sentenced to serve 14 years in state prison to be followed by 10 years of probation for his role in an investment scheme that defrauded 12 Florida investors out of approximately $2.4 million. Additionally, on October 23, 2023, Aubel’s former business partner, Nelson Garcia entered a plea of no contest to charges of criminal conspiracy and unlicensed telemarketing for his role in the scheme and was sentenced to five years’ probation.