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Perry Abbonizio, a managing partner and investment salesman for the Old City merchant cash advance lender, told a federal judge he conspired with others at the company to bilk investors.

Alleged $560K in personal profits Jennifer Arbittier Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Joseph Whitbeck, 56, of Tamaqua, was sentenced to two years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $50,000...

The mayor is expected, by Wednesday’s Chicago City Council meeting, to reveal her choice amid pressure to name someone who is Asian American.

Briefs on local businesspeople

Michael S. Abrams its chief financial officer. In alignment with the company’s succession plan, Abrams joins Arch’s financial team in the role previously held by Richard Davis. Davis will remain with the company during a transition period, which will end on June 30, after which he will support the company in a consulting role through Dec. 31. Abrams has more than 25 years of experience as a chief financial officer to numerous public and private companies; principal investor; investment ba...

Tara A. Kilgallen of Framingham has joined ERA Key as a Realtor in the Framingham office. Kilgallen has 20 years of experience as a yoga instructor in Massachusetts and California, and is currently as instructor at Common Ground Yoga in Framingham. She previously served as co-director of Yoga at Lumina Mind Body Studios - Longfellow Health Clubs in Wayland and She was also a yoga instructor at Bosse Sports in  Sudbury. Before that, she was the director of yoga and retail manager at Tushi...

Paul Brassil of Medfield has joined the company as senior vice president/chief information officer and will oversee PCU’s information technology and digital innovation efforts. Brassil has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology leadership field with entities such as Commonwealth Medicine (a division of UMass Medical School), the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, EMC Corp. and Siemens IT Solutions and Services Inc. He holds an MS in computer information systems from Ben...

Paul Brassil of Medfield has joined the company as senior vice president/chief information officer and will oversee PCU’s information technology and digital innovation efforts. Brassil has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology leadership field with entities such as Commonwealth Medicine (a division of UMass Medical School), the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, EMC Corp. and Siemens IT Solutions and Services Inc. He holds an MS in computer information systems from Ben...