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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Justin Rohrlich

CEO of ‘child-safe’ smartphone startup accused of embezzling company funds to buy escort a Lamborghini

A married Phoenix entrepreneur who introduced the first "child-safe" smartphone offering real-time monitoring for parents is now facing two federal wire fraud counts for allegedly embezzling at least $1.5 million from his company to buy a Lamborghini, a diamond ring and a 4-bed, 4-bath home in Miami for an escort he was seeing.

Cyber Dive co-founder Jeffrey Gottfurcht – the first rheumatoid arthritis sufferer to scale Mount Everest – was turned in to federal authorities by his wife Emily and business partner Derek Jackson, according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independent.

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