Quogue mayor indicted on fraud charges

Publication: The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press
Quogue mayor indicted on fraud charges
By Vera Chinese
Sep 3, 08 10:37 AM

Quogue Village Mayor George Motz pleaded not guilty last Thursday afternoon, August 28, to charges that he “cherry-picked” profitable accounts for his Manhattan-based investment firm over a four-year period, and altered documents in an attempt to impede a subsequent investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mr. Motz, who is the president and chief executive officer of Melhado, Flynn & Associates, entered his plea in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen A. Tomlinson in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, a day after he was indicted on the two criminal counts. Mr. Motz surrendered last Thursday morning to federal authorities, according to Robert Nardoza, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office.

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