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Ronald James Bogart was born on July 23 1953 in Toronto, Ontario. He was born and raised in Toronto and attended De La Salle College and went on to attend Western University from 1972-1975 and obtained his accounting degree. He become a Chartered accountant and was a partner at Ernst and Young from 1975-1993. From there, he embarked on a career as a self-employed businessman as a CFO with Thermasteel Building Systems Inc. and expanded to various other business fields including owner of Intralink Associates Limited. During his tenure with these companies and other companies, he was involved in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering with Richard Schultz, to conceal money from his ex-wife, falsifying documents and producing company losses to product Mr. Schultz’s assets. Bogart pled guilty to Counts 1, 2, and 32 of time of the second superceding indictment against him pursuant to a plea agreement with the Government. Count 1 charged him with conspiring to violate 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (wire fraud) and 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (mail fraud) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Count 2 charged him with conspiracy to impede and impair the IRS in its duties in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Count 32 charged him with conspiracy to obstruct a federal grand jury by violating 18 U.S.C. § 1503, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. This Court sentenced Bogart to eighteen months incarceration and three years of supervised release. The Court also ordered him to pay $3.3M in restitution, deferring potential modifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3664. On April 21, 2006, the district court held a restitution hearing with respect to all of the defendants involved in the conspiracy. In an extensive written order, the district court found Massari, Elson, Bogart, and Kennedy jointly and severally liable for $2,492,424.66 in restitution. With respect to Bogart, the district court ordered him to begin paying restitution on July 1, 2007, at a rate of $500 per month.Ref: http://www.leagle.com/decision/20071375490FSupp2d885_11311