WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Brett Graham, the founder of Vertical Capital who was barred by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, pled guilty to federal charges on Tuesday in West Palm Beach.
According to prosecutors, Graham, 61, stole about $8.4 million from his mother for several years after she became a widow in 2017 and he helped her to get a financial advisor in 2018.
Prosecutors accused Graham of transferring her money to his accounts after she sold a townhouse in New York for about $9 million in 2019…