A jury has convicted a 51-year-old owner of the now-defunct White Birch Brewing with fraudulently attempting to secure a nearly $1 million loan from an investor, the Attorney General’s Office said Thursday.

David Herlicka of Amherst was found guilty of theft by deception, conspiracy to commit theft by deception, and securities fraud in Hillsborough County Superior Court – Northern District.

The jury found that between July 2014 and May 2015, Herlicka engaged in a fraudulent investment scheme to obtain nearly $1 million from the Parktown Trust, a family trust based in New Hampshire, to finance operations of White Birch Brewing, LLC, a now-defunct brewery he formerly owned.

“This verdict is the result of a thorough investigation and a strong prosecution team,” Attorney General John Formel

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