Exclusive | Wall Street swindler who owes $59M in NY back taxes lives it up in Calif. where hes praised by Gavin Newsom

A convicted Wall Street swindler who was named New York’s No.1 tax deadbeat a decade ago has been living it up in California, running a charity praised by Gov.

Gavin Newsom and hawking erectile dysfunction pills — all while dodging a tax bill that has soared to $59.1 million, The Post has learned.Daniel Gordon — an ex-Merrill Lynch trader who pleaded guilty in 2003 to bilking the bank out of $43 million in a brazen wire fraud scheme — lives with his wife, Kate, in a 10,495-square-foot spread near Palm Springs, Calif.that’s worth more than $5 million, state tax records show.The sprawling compound in Rancho Mirage — a posh desert enclave whose residents have included Frank Sinatra, Bill Gates and President Gerald Ford — boasts a sunken tennis court, a three-hole putting green and a resort-style pool with cascading waterfalls and a swim-up bar, according to a realtor listing.Meanwhile, 50-year-old Gordon has reinvented himself as a Golden State philanthropist.

He operates a prison reform charity called Gordon Philanthropies, doing TV interviews and photo-ops with LAPD and the California Department of Corrections and plastering his website with photos of him smiling at ribbon-cuttings and charitable events.In November 2024, Gordon even got a gushing letter of praise from Gov.Newsom, who addressed the letter to “Daniel” and added a large, handwritten “Thank you!” in addition to his signature at the bottom.

The missive is proudly displayed on his charity’s Facebook page.“Thank you again for your generous contributions,” Newsom wrote.“I look forward to your continued partnership.”Gordon and Newsom’s office did not respond to requests for comment.

California prison officials ignored The Post’s questions about Gordon’s criminal past and towering tax tab, pointing instead to rules that let them take private gifts.All of this comes after New York tax enforcers singled out Gordon in 2016 as the state’s biggest tax dodger on its “To...