First Brands exCEO and brother arrested for $9B fraud scheme
Jan 29, 2026
Patrick James, the former CEO of bankrupt auto parts supplier First Brands Group, was indicted on federal fraud charges and arrested Thursday in Ohio with his brother Edward, a former senior executive with the company, the government said.The indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the South
ern District of New York said the James brothers “perpetrated a yearslong fraud” to obtains billions of dollars for First Brands — and millions for themselves — by duping investors and banks with fake documents and false financial reports. ...read more read less