A New Jersey office supply company owner lured investors by forging contracts with big name clients – including the New York Mets, according to federal prosecutors.
Choice Office Solutions boss Michael Conway even forged team COO Jeffrey Wilpon’s signature in order to dupe two investors into thinking he had a deal with the team, court papers state.
And duped investors apparently failed to notice he misspelled the Mets honcho’s first name as “Jeffery.”
The pair of victims forked over a total of $813,000 based on the Amazin’s premise, court papers state.
Conway was arrested at his Fairfield, NJ, headquarters Wednesday morning and charged with tricking investors out of $3.5 million and pocketing the proceeds himself.
He told his targets that his company had locked down lucrative deals with more than 50 clients, including law firms and universities, court papers state.
“Crime does not have to be violent to have a devastating impact on society,” said acting US Attorney Kelly Currie in a statement. “Fraud disguises itself as legitimate and true, while abusing trust and eroding faith in fair and honest dealings.”
Conway, who carried out the alleged scheme between March 2014 and August 2015, will be arraigned in Brooklyn federal court this afternoon.
He faces up to 22 years in prison if convicted.



