Embattled loan broker reveals pricey art, guns
ALBANY — Kris Roglieri, the Albany loan broker who is facing felony weapons charges after an FBI raid on his home in February, has extensive gun and fine art collections, including a $100,000 Andy Warhol print of infamous Gambino crime boss John Gotti.
Roglieri revealed the trove in a recent bankruptcy court filing where he listed items that can be used to pay back creditors he owes money. The 44-year-old businessman filed for bankruptcy earlier this year after about a dozen lawsuits were filed by plaintiffs who accused him of stealing millions of dollars.
The gun collection includes a variety of revolvers, rifles and shotguns, including a $3,000 Browning Citori 20-gauge shotgun.
Roglieri valued his art collection at more than $800,000. A copy of the Gotti print, created in 1986, decades after Warhol’s prime and the year before his death, was used by Time magazine for a cover story headlined “Mafia on Trial.”
Roglieri’s bankruptcy attorney, Joseph Charles Barsalona II, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Roglieri is the CEO of Prime Capital Ventures and several other Albany-based companies operating in the commercial loan sector.
The FBI has raided Roglieri’s Queensbury home twice since February as part of an apparent criminal investigation into his operation of Prime Capital, a firm he founded in 2021 to provide large lines of credit to commercial real estate developers and high-tech firms.
Over the past year, Roglieri and Prime Capital have been named in several lawsuits alleging he and his firm pocketed tens of millions of dollars in cash deposits intended to secure the lines of credit.
The lawsuits allege that
Roglieri never extended the lines of credit but kept the cash deposits, totaling upwards of $90 million. A court-appointed receiver authorized to wind down the company’s operations has alleged Roglieri was operating a Ponzi scheme.
The FBI has raided Roglieri’s home at least twice. During a search of his Queensbury mansion in early February, a dozen luxury cars were seized by federal investigators. The Warren County deputies charged him with two felony weapons charges in the local town court after authorities found an Ar-15-style semi-automatic rifle and oversized magazine in alleged violation of state law. Roglieri is expected to appear in court in mid-april.
Roglieri has maintained his innocence. He faces no charges in the financial probe.
The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office in Albany have declined comment.