Peter Coker Sr., a North Carolina businessman, was sentenced to six months in prison for his involvement in a stock fraud scheme that inflated the value of a New Jersey deli corporation to more than $100 million. The scheme also involved a related shell company. Peter Coker Sr. and his son were both implicated in the fraudulent activities, which centered around artificially pumping up the stock price of the deli business. The case has drawn attention due to the unusually high valuation of the deli, which was at the core of the stock manipulation.