Businessman, former owner of Bison Group and Commercial Financial Group
Criminal status
Imprisoned, June 2015
Conviction(s)
Pleaded guilty
Criminal charge
1997: Various charges of bank fraud, wire fraud, and forgery in New York, Massachusetts, and Texas, including fraud to gain control of the New York Islanders
2005: Mail fraud charges in Ohio
2014: Theft and forgery charges in Ohio
Penalty
1999: 71 months in prison
2006: 51 months in prison
2015: 10 years in prison
Combined $12.193 million in fines and restitution
John Angelo Spano Jr. (born May 31, 1964) is an American businessman and admitted fraudster. He is best known for briefly buying control of the New York Islanders franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1996, before it emerged that he did not have nearly enough assets to buy the team. He subsequently pleaded guilty to bank and wire fraud and served a federal prison sentence. Spano was convicted of 16 counts of forgery in Ohio in 2015 and is currently incarcerated in Grafton Correctional Institution with a scheduled release date of November 2024.
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