When former New York financier Brett Thomas Graham moved to Miami inJune 2020, he rented an apartment in its signature building, One Thousand Museum, the “exoskeleton” skyscraper overlooking Biscayne Bay.
Graham also spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on artwork, first-class travel and Bulgari jewelry for his girlfriend.
But Graham wasn’t just another Manhattan money man who relocated to Miami during the pandemic, federal authorities say. He was ripping off a “close family member” who was widowed in 2017 and sold her New York City townhouse for about $9 million two years later, according to federal court records. The Miami Herald has learned that the family member is Graham’s mother.
Has to pay back $8 million
Graham, 61, faces up to 20 years in prison at his sentencing in September after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud in Miami federal court on Tuesday. Other wire fraud and money laundering charges in his indictment will be dismissed at his sentencing, according to a plea agreement. In addition, Graham must pay $8.4 million in a forfeiture judgment, proceeds of the money he stole from his mother…