The ex-stockbroker charged in a fraud scheme that derailed the Broadway production of “Rebecca — The Musical” is in talks about a plea deal.
A judge yesterday gave both sides until March 29 to strike a deal for Mark Hotton, who’s accused of scamming the show’s producers out of $65,000.
The feds say Hotton engaged in an elaborate con that involved creating phantom “investors” — including one that he later claimed died of malaria after a trip to Africa.
He’s also charged with using “many of the same e-mail addresses, names and fictitious companies” from the alleged “Rebecca” scheme to dupe a Connecticut real-estate firm into paying him more than $750,000 to help it obtain a $20 million loan.
Manhattan federal prosecutor Edward Diskant said in court that he and Hotton’s lawyer have been “engaged in active conversations regarding a disposition,” and that they planned to speak again “within the next few weeks.”
Hotton has been held without bail since his arrest last year.
He didn’t speak at his appearance yesterday.