Stamford Man Admits Stealing More Than $800K From Trust Account: Feds

STAMFORD, CT — A Samford man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to a fraud offense involving the misappropriation of more than $800,000 from a trust over an approximately eight-year period, according to officials.

Curtis Solsvig, 69, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford, a news release said from U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery and FBI Special Agent Robert Fuller.

According to court documents and statements made in court, a married couple created a trust for the primary benefit of their two children, officials said.

In 1996, Solsvig, a relative of the couple, began serving as trustee of the trust.

Beginning in 2011 and continuing for approximately eight years, Solsvig stole more than $800,000 from the trust and used the money for a variety of personal expenses, officials said, noting that by the time his scheme concluded, less than $20 remained in the trust account.

Solsvig is released on a $250,000 bond pending his sentencing on March 5, 2024.

This case is being investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Conor M. Reardon.