The former owner and operator of a restaurant known for fine French food has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud over a multi-year scam affecting the business’ customers, lenders, mortgagee and bankruptcy creditors. So reports the Somers, N.Y. Daily Voice.

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Thought Machine, a startup offering a cloud-based consumer banking platform, has raised $83 million in Series B funding. So reports TechCrunch.

Ben Dusing, the Kentucky-based attorney for Michael Hild, the former Live Well Financial CEO accused of a $140 million bond fraud scam, is billing the case as “David versus Goliath.” He says of himself: “There are advantages to being an outsider.” So reports WCPO, a local affiliate of ABC.