The Albany businessman indicted on fraud charges after pitching the idea of manufacturing kosher cheese in Cayuga County was additionally charged Friday with trying to collect life insurance money following his son’s suicide.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday announced the arraignment of Lawrence D. Rosenbaum, 65, and his wife, Thomasine Henderson, 65, both of Albany, on a 10-count indictment charging them with stealing over $12,000 in life insurance payments and attempting to wrongfully obtain nearly $50,000 in life insurance payments by submitting false claims with respect to the death of their son. If convicted, each defendant faces up to 2 1/3 to 7 years in prison.