Shelton man pleads guilty in investment fraud scheme

By Register Staff
BRIDGEPORT — John H. Goldsmith, 57, of Shelton, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of securities fraud stemming from a $300,000 investment fraud scheme, David B. Fein, U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced.
According to court documents and statements made before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill, from about 2005 to 2010, Goldsmith devised and executed a scheme through which he solicited investments from victims in various nonexistent companies, Fein said in a written statement.

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