Defendants GEDREY THOMPSON, SEZZIE GOODLUCK, and DEAN LEWIS, were named in an indictment relating to GTF ENTERPRISES, INC
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the indictment of three individuals charged with operating a fraudulent investment company based out of lower Manhattan. Defendants GEDREY THOMPSON, SEZZIE GOODLUCK, and DEAN LEWIS, were named in the indictment relating to GTF ENTERPRISES, INC., a phony investment company created by Thompson.[1] According to documents filed in court, from 2003 through 2009 THOMPSON operated a fraudulent investment scheme through his "investment" company, GTF Enterprises, which in reality made no investments. THOMPSON, with the assistance of GOODLUCK and LEWIS, managed to recruit more than 20 investors through the use of misrepresentations and falsified documents. In total, over $800,000 was stolen from those who invested with GTF Enterprises. "THOMPSON exploited and preyed upon people in his community who trusted him," said District Attorney Vance. "The defendant then disguised this fraud by sending victims phon...