The Sopranos, the HBO gangster show classic, dealt mainly with traditional mob crimes: loan sharking, bid-rigging, jury-tampering, union strong-arming. But they also branched out early into stock fraud. The husband of Jamie Lynn Sigler, the actress who played Meadow Soprano, A.J. Discala, has been charged with allegedly taking a page out of The Sopranos playbook. Discala has pleaded not guilty.

OmniView Capital Advisors CEO A.J. Discala, who was Sigler's former manager, pleaded not guilty to stock fraud. Discala is facing federal charges that he ran a scheme to manipulate stocks. The investors involved in the scheme, including a startup company that was advised by former New York Governor David A. Paterson, claim they have lost as much as $50 million. Discala is under house arrest on $2 million bail.

According to reports, The ex-husband of former "Sopranos" sweetheart Jamie-Lynn Sigler ran a $300 million pump-and-dump stock swindle. Discala was arrested last week in Nevada. Prosecutors claim Discala alleged artificially inflated shares of shaky stocks which he then sold to unsuspecting investors before the securities tanked. Judge Joan Azrack ruled that Discala would be confined to his home.

Discala says the charges shouldn't stop him from attending business meetings while on bail.  Discala asked the court to let hnm continue his business dealings with companies like Google and Microsoft.

Federal prosecutors say that Discala's new meeting might be linked to the alleged stock schemes.

Assistant US Attorney Walter Norkin said "We have concerns that this is a continuation of the fraud."

Discala's lawyer, Joe Tacopina, said "If they can help him find a job, we'd be agreeable to that. I don't know how employable he is right now."

Discala is now remarried and has a 7-week-old daughter.