{"id":77488,"date":"2015-10-22T19:09:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T03:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=77488"},"modified":"2015-10-22T19:09:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T03:09:33","slug":"host-of-10-million-bat-mitzvah-sentenced-to-prison-for-stealing-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=77488","title":{"rendered":"Host of $10 Million Bat Mitzvah Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 2013<\/a>: A body armor mogul who threw his daughter a $10 million bat mitzvah with performances from 50 Cent, Tom Petty, and Aerosmith, was sentenced to 17 years in prison<\/a> for his role in swindling $200 million from his company and its investors.<\/p>\n

David H. Brooks, who founded DHB industries, the leading supplier of body armor to the US military, was found guilty of securities fraud and conspiracy in 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During his trial, prosecutors said Brooks stole more than $6 million from DHB to purchase \u2014 in addition to the usual prostitutes, shopping sprees, exotic trips, and luxury cars<\/a> \u2014 plastic surgery for his wife, a burial plot for his mother, $40,000 leather-bound invitations for his son\u2019s bar mitzvah, and a $101,000 belt buckle encrusted with diamonds, sapphires, and rubies. Brooks also used DHB to purchase tickets to sporting events and concerts, and then made more than $300,000 scalping them.<\/p>\n

Brooks also made millions off of falsely inflating the value of the bulletproof vests<\/a> that he sold to the government, helping the company to meet profit projections.<\/p>\n

Brooks spent most of the trial in jail, despite being initially released on bail, after the government discovered he was still hiding millions in San Marino and London (possibly $3.6 million in a safety deposit box, carried in a giveaway bag from the $10 million bat mitzvah<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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