
To the Chicago businessmen who have accused Sean Grusd of stealing tens of millions of dollars from them and other investors, he holds a place among the country’s most notorious scoundrels.
“This case involves a pattern of fraud as brazen as any committed by Bernie Madoff,” they said in a lawsuit they’ve filed against Grusd in New York, referring to the notorious convicted scam artist who died in prison after being convicted of bilking investors out of $18 billion.