The man responsible for the third-largest Ponzi scheme in history has filed papers seeking to have his fifty-year sentence overturned, claiming that his former attorney failed to disclose that prosecutors had previously offered a 30-year sentence... Read More

"Your honor, I was scared, scared to death. It's not a great excuse. But I kept thinking about my kids and being gone from them for life. I'm sorry I lied in the courtroom, on the stand. I didn't want to go to trial. It's a horrible... Read More

A New Zealand man who holds the distinction of having perpetrated the country's largest financial fraud in history is back in court to argue that his 65-month "minimum non-parole period" - or time that he must serve before he is eligible... Read More

An Indianapolis man currently serving a 50-year prison sentence for masterminding a massive Ponzi scheme that caused more than $200 million in losses will be resentenced after a federal appeals court reversed two of his wire fraud convictions based on... Read More

Due to be sentenced for masterminding a $125 million Ponzi scheme, a California man instead told a federal judge that he wanted to fire his lawyer, claiming he had been "intimidating" him and had coerced his guilty plea. Deepal Wannakuwatte... Read More

In a decision that could have far-reaching implications, a federal appeals court has vacated a convicted Ponzi schemer's 11-year prison sentence after finding that the loss amount used in calculating the relevant sentencing guidelines improperly failed... Read More

Shortly after learning of his twenty-year prison sentence for operating a Ponzi scheme that duped more than 140 investors out of over $4.3 million, a Montana man stated that he "will fry this court" and threatened that the prosecuting county... Read More

A California pastor was sentenced to serve more than ten years in prison for duping more than 80 victims - many of them low-income families - in a $7 million Ponzi scheme. Luis Serna, 62, was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison by U.S. District... Read More

A Chinese woman who masterminded a $70 million Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court - possibly by firing squad. Haiyan Lin, 39, from the Wenzhou province, received the sentence as part of a broader push by Chinese authorities... Read More