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by Mike Caswell
Yelena Furman, the New York woman who pleaded guilty to fraud charges after she helped Canadian Myron Gushlak in a shell scheme, has asked for a sentence of no more than three months. She says that Mr. Gushlak manipulated her and lied to her. She claims that as a result she suffers from depression and anxiety, and receives weekly therapy.
Ms. Furman, 36, is awaiting sentencing in a case in which Florida prosecutors claimed that she helped Mr. Gushlak hide his control over a shell company until he sold it. The shell became Biozoom Inc., a purported biotechnology listing. Others ran a $34-million pump-and-dump with the stock, the government said. (All figures are in U.S. dollars.) Biozoom went to a $4.50 high in 2013 before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission halted it.
The government charged Ms. Furman for her part in the scheme on Oct. 10, 2017, claiming that she helped Mr. Gushlak manage the shell while he was in jail. She pleaded guilty just months later, on Jan. 23, 2018. In doing so, she admitted that she paid the bills for Biozoom's predecessor and arranged for the company to have a nominee officer.
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