'Wall Street Whiz Kid' Pleads to Stock Scams Enabled by Projections of Hollywood Glitz
Bloom admitted to 18 felony counts after prosecutors said he used false wealth and celebrity ties to lure victims into bogus investments.
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'Wall Street Whiz Kid' pleads to stock scams enabled by projections of Hollywood glitz
LOS ANGELES — David Bloom — a twice-convicted con man known as the "Wall Street Whiz Kid" — pleaded no contest Tuesday to multiple counts of grand theft and securities fraud in Los Angeles. Bloom spent years using a historic…
`Wall Street Whiz Kid' Pleads No Contest to 18 Felony Counts
A man who was known as the “Wall Street Whiz Kid” pleaded no contest Tuesday to 18 felony counts stemming from an investment scam that netted nearly $250,000, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. David Peter Bloom, 62, is facing 10 years in state prison in connection with his plea to nine felony counts each of securities fraud and rand theft, along with admitting allegations that he engaged in a pattern of theft-related f…
Wall Street "Whiz Kid” Pleads No Contest In Investment Scam
WEST HOLLYWOOD/HOLLYWOOD—On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced that David Peter Bloom, 62, known as the “Wall Street Whiz Kid,” pleaded no contest to 18 felony counts stemming from an investment scam that grossed close to $250,000. Bloom pleaded no contest to nine felony counts of securities fraud and nine felony counts of grand theft, along with special allegations that he engaged in a pattern of theft-re…
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