Brooks was bullish on art, prosecutors say
Quick ReadFed prosecutor says former DHB body-armor exec David Brooks paid $60,000 for replica of the Financial District icon, "Charging Bull."
Photo credit: Di Modica, Handout; "Charging Bull," AP, 2001 | Artist Arthuro Di Modica, ceater of the "Charging Bull" sculpture in Manhattan's Financial District testified that David Brooks commissioned a replica of the Wall Street icon for $60,000. Brooks, the former chief executive of DHB, a body-armor company, is charged with looting his former company. (
Body-armor magnate David Brooks didn't just have his company illegally pay for an assortment of gold and bejeweled bling, prosecutors say.
When it came to expensive sculpture, Brooks' illegal tastes included a $60,000 stainless steel replica, created by the original sculptor, of the "Charging Bull" near Wall Street, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.
After two FBI agents in federal court...
