Statement on the 'FBI Informant' Memo
Guy Gentile's response to the privately circulated memo about his federal cooperation — what the memo leaves out, and what the court record actually shows.
Updated June 16, 2026
Cooperation with federal authorities is lawful. The memo treats it as the opposite.
A privately circulated memo continues to surface in Google results for my name. It characterizes lawful, court-supervised federal cooperation as if it were wrongdoing. It is not. Cooperation with the FBI and the Department of Justice is a recognized process — used in every district in the country — and it was addressed in open court in the District of New Jersey.
On January 30, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed the federal criminal indictment on statute-of-limitations grounds. This was a dismissal, not a jury acquittal. The Government did not appeal. I have never been convicted of a crime. I have never been found to have committed fraud. I have never been barred from the securities industry. The memo is litigation marketing from a private law firm in an adverse matter — not a finding of any court, agency, or regulator.
— Guy Gentile
Five facts the memo omits
- 01
Cooperation with federal authorities is lawful.
Cooperation with the FBI and DOJ is not a crime. It is a recognized, court-supervised process used by hundreds of witnesses every year. The memo treats lawful cooperation as if it were misconduct; the law treats it as the opposite.
- 02
The cooperation was disclosed in open court.
The fact and scope of cooperation were addressed in federal court filings and on the record in the District of New Jersey. There was no secret. There was no concealment from the tribunal.
- 03
The criminal indictment was dismissed — not tried to an acquittal.
On March 23, 2016, a federal grand jury in the District of New Jersey returned an indictment relating to alleged securities-fraud conduct that had ended in 2008. On January 30, 2017, the district court dismissed it on statute-of-limitations grounds. This was a dismissal, not a jury acquittal.
- 04
No conviction. No fraud finding. No bar.
Guy Gentile has never been convicted of a crime. He has never been found to have committed fraud. He has not been barred from the securities industry. The memo's tone does not match the record.
- 05
The memo is litigation marketing, not a court filing.
The memo was authored by a private law firm in connection with adverse litigation. It is advocacy. It is not a finding of any court, agency, or regulator.
The record
- July 2012
FBI arrests Guy Gentile in New Jersey. Cooperation with federal authorities begins.
- 2012–2015
Cooperation continues under federal supervision.
- March 23, 2016
A federal grand jury in the District of New Jersey returns an indictment relating to alleged securities-fraud conduct that had ended in 2008 (Crim. No. 16-155).
- January 30, 2017
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey dismisses the criminal indictment on statute-of-limitations grounds. This was a dismissal, not a jury acquittal.
- 2017–2026
No conviction. No bar. No fraud judgment.
Primary sources
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