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Military Contractor Convicted Of Fraud
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Jen Chung
Published Sep 15, 2010
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David Brooks, the Long Island military contractor accused of fraud and insider trading, was convicted yesterday, and the papers bring up a greatest hits of items he charged to his former company: "A 2005 multimillion-dollar Rainbow Room bash where 50 Cent, Tom Petty and Aerosmith performed at his daughter's bat mitzvah," "a face-lift for his ex-wife, hookers for his employees, a $194,000 Bentley for himself," his mother's grave, "fine china, private jet flights, luxury cars...and the six-figure jewel-encrusted belt buckle designed to look like the American flag."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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