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A convicted Ponzi schemer whose 24-year prison term was commuted by president Donald Trump in 2021 now faces as much as 50 years behind bars for an investor fraud that took place after his clemency. Article content
Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, 51, faces sentencing Friday in federal court in Trenton, N.J., after being convicted of defrauding more than 150 investors out of US$41 million. Investors believed their money was going to COVID-19 masks, baby formula and first-aid kits bound for Ukraine, but it actually went to gambling, real estate and luxury watches.
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I’m sure he’ll join the ‘multiple pardon/clemency club’ like the two separate J6ers already have. There may be more, but I know there are at least those two. One was a weapons charge and the other for threatening to shoot up the fbi over the J6 conviction.