Businessman, two others charged in fraud case

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky businessman with a history of legal entanglements and fraud convictions has been indicted in New York on charges of fraud and bribery related to several alleged multimillion-dollar schemes.

Wilbur Anthony Huff made his first appearance in federal court in Louisville on Monday in connection with the charges. A federal grand jury in Manhattan indicted Huff, Park Avenue Bank Senior Vice President Matthew L. Morris and New York investments executive Allen Reichman.

The 48-page indictment lists a variety of alleged schemes to defraud investors and clients of Huff's companies as well as the Internal Revenue Service out of millions of dollars.

Park Avenue Bank's former president, Charles Antonucci Jr., pleaded guilty in 2011 to defrauding the federal government of bank bailout money.