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Developer Nir Meir, who dreamed of leaving his mark on the Manhattan skyline, is now facing serious jail time after authorities accused him Wednesday of running a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. Meir — whose luxury real-estate company HFZ Capital Group collapsed amid plans to build $2 billion luxury towers near the High Line — was set to be extradited to New York after being arrested in ...

Developer Nir Meir was indicted with several other real estate executives for allegedly stealing at least $86 million.

Nir Meir, 49, and the since-shuttered HFZ Capital Group he once worked for, allegedly swindled $86 million from investors, subcontractors and NYC during his five years at the company.

Real estate developer Nir Meir and other industry executives were indicted for stealing $86 million from investors through a failed luxury apartment development.

HFZ, Meir and executives from both HFZ and Omnibuild allegedly defrauded subcontractors, investors and the City of New York.