A married Phoenix entrepreneur who introduced the first “child-safe” smartphone offering real-time monitoring for parents is now facing two federal wire fraud counts for allegedly embezzling at least $1.5 million from his company to buy a Lamborghini, a diamond ring and a 4-bed, 4-bath home in Miami for an escort he was seeing.
Cyber Dive co-founder Jeffrey Gottfurcht – the first rheumatoid arthritis sufferer to scale Mount Everest – was turned in to federal authorities by his wife Emily and business partner Derek Jackson, according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independent.
Gottfurcht’s wife Emily, who shares three children with the 53-year-old former investment banker, is presently seeking a divorce, the affidavit states. Gottfurcht, for his part, “is currently in custody having been recently charged with various crimes related to assaulting Emily,” according to the affidavit, which was filed June 12 in Phoenix federal court…