Exgerente financial Alanis Morissette was sentenced to six years in prison after admitting he stole millions of dollars a rock singer cheating regarding your finances. Jonathan Schwartz, who worked for a prominent firm of Los Angeles area, GSO Business Management must also pay $ 8,657,268 in restitution, according to a ruling by a federal judge. Morissette, who was present at the sentencing hearing, said Schwartz acted in "prolonged, calculated and sinister" and ended his dreams of being able to focus on his family and their causes. Schwartz admitted that stole 4.8 million dollars between 2010 and 2014 Morissette, cataloging withdrawals made as personal expenses of the singer as he claimed that his finances were solid. When confronted, Schwartz admitted he lied by telling Morissette was investing their money in the booming business of marijuana. Schwartz, a certified public accountant, also admitted to stealing $ 1 million to another customer arguing remodeling the house as well as $ 737,500 to a third client whose signature forged on receipts.
Deirdre Fike, assistant director of the FBI office in Los Angeles, said Schwartz "used customer funds as a personal ATM" and promised that the office would investigate these crimes. People have a right to feel safe when they place their trust as well as large sums of money, financial managers, "he said in a statement. Morissette gained fame still very young. When her 1995 album" Jagged Little Pill " won the Grammy for Album of the Year was 21, becoming the youngest artist ever to win this prestigious award, a record later surpassed Taylor Swift. the singer of Canadian origin is the author of some of the best-known hits of the 90s, including "you Oughta Know", "Hand in My Pocket" and "you Learn". the case of Morissette recalled the saga of another Canadian artist in Los Angeles, the late Leonard Cohen, who a decade ago found that a exmanager had him 5 million dollars stolen, making the singer and poet was forced to leave his partial retirement.
