Gary Brown Jr. comes off as a criminal mastermind in a 17-page sentencing memo by federal prosecutors – a shrewd underboss who partnered with an unscrupulous mayor to “defraud so many businesses out of so much money.”

“An essential co-conspirator,” federal prosecutors said yesterday, presenting their case for a harsh sentence for Brown for his role in Catherine Pugh’s “Healthy Holly” book scheme and other illegal activities.

But those who knew him describe Brown as more of a starstruck loyalist, a boyish follower of an ambitious politician now serving time in federal prison in Alabama.

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