Garrett Bauer is due to report to federal prison in mid-July , about the same time as his 45th birthday. Kenneth Robinson, his old friend and government informant, is to be sentenced later today. Walter Pavlo.
Bauer’s role was to act as stock trader on the information, taking “orders” from Robinson and Kluger on the number of shares they wanted to purchase . Bauer also played the role of banker, paying taxes on the stock gains and then distributing the money, in cash, back to Robinson who would then pay Kluger.
He would then pass what he knew on to Robinson through clandestine meetings, phone card calls or prepaid cellphone calls. Robinson would then pass the information on to Bauer who would do additional research to see if he could find out if the information had merit. At times, it meant enduring losses prior to a deal closing.
As I was speaking to Bauer, he went to a panel housing a stereo system for the apartment and put on a song by Glass Pear, “Last Day of Your Life.” The speakers embedded in the ceiling throughout the apartment came to life. “I do have this feeling that I am about to die. I just can’t believe this is happening to me,” Bauer said as he sat on his couch, laid his head back and soaked in the lyrics:
On April 6, 2011, Garret Bauer heard the elevator open to his expansive 5,500 square foot apartment on 84th Street. He knew someone had entered his apartment but why would the doorman let someone in the building....at 6am?
Garrett Bauer is a good person who was active in charities involving sick children and feeding the hungry of New York for more than 20 years. However, he admits that he made some bad choices along the way and he is paying for those now.
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