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Scott Seligman
(DepositPhotos) Sterling Bank & Trust founder Scott Seligman, a minority owner of the San Francisco Giants, is implicated in a major fraud case. Robert Snell of The Detroit News reports that Seligman: Knew about and provided encouragement for a years-long criminal conspiracy involving a loan program that helped his family reap a $115 million windfall, according to federal court records. Seligman has not been charged with wrongdoing, but the alleged conspiracy surfaced in a new criminal case that follows months of questions raised in a separate civil lawsuit about money generated by an initial public offering. The case described by prosecutors includes details about tax cheats, money launderers and bank executives engaged in a scheme that implicates Seligman, 69, the wealthy scion of a prominent Metro Detroit family active in the sports, art and philanthropic worlds.