{"id":17490,"date":"2015-11-17T11:28:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T19:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17490"},"modified":"2015-11-17T11:30:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T19:30:55","slug":"elderly-con-men-sentenced-involved-in-135-million-ponzi-scheme-sentenced-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17490","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Con Men Involved in $135 Million Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">LOS ANGELES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Despite cutting the defendants a break in court because of their ages, a judge sentenced two elderly con men who operated a Calabasas firm and swindled consumers out of $135 million to long prison sentences, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Joel Barry Gillis<\/strong>, 75, of Woodland Hills, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, and <strong>Edward Wishner<\/strong>, 77, also of Woodland Hills, was sentenced to nine years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Monday&#8217;s sentences conclude\u00a0one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever seen in Southern California, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Judge-Otero.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17494 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Judge-Otero.bmp\" alt=\"Judge Otero\" width=\"220\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a>Citing the \u201cstaggering losses &#8220;suffered by the victims,\u00a0<strong>U.S. District Judge S. James Otero, <\/strong>taking into account the \u201cmajor magnitude\u201d of the scheme, issued lesser sentences than called for under \u00a0federal guidelines after considering the defendants\u2019 ages, their early guilty pleas in the case and their attempts to help a court-appointed receiver identify remaining assets that could be used to repay victims, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The two operated a 13-year-long scheme through their company,\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Nationwide Automated Systems, Inc. or NASI.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Several victims testified during Monday&#8217;s lengthy sentencing:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cBecause of their excessive greed, they elected to hurt many people,\u201d one victim said to the judge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Another victim broke down when describing how he and his family has lost their life savings and were forced to sell their home of 20 years, concluding: \u201cWe were stripped of our sense of community and dignity.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Gillis and Wishner used NASI to collect hundreds of millions from thousands of investors who were falsely told their money would be used to purchase profitable automated teller machines that would generate annual profits of at least 20 percent. More than 1,300 investors lost money when the scheme collapsed last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Judge Otero scheduled a restitution hearing for Feb. 1 and ordered the defendants to begin serving their sentences on Dec. 28.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Gillis and Wishner each pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy, two counts of mail fraud and one count of wire fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThis scheme had a devastating effect on hundreds of victims who lost their hard-earned money to the two defendants,\u201d said <strong>U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker.<\/strong> \u201cThe lies and deception used by these defendants have earned them long prison sentences. Today\u2019s significant sentences should be a warning to those who make false promises to rob victims of their livelihood and retirement funds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>According to documents filed in court, this is what the evidence indicates:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Gillis and Wishner owned and operated NASI, which they claimed would place, operate and maintain ATMs in high-traffic locations, such as hotels, casinos and convenience stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">NASI claimed that it operated approximately 31,000 ATMs and was involved in more than $1 billion in ATM transactions every month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Victim-investors paid a flat amount \u2013 typically $12,000, but in some cases as much as $19,800 \u2013 to buy a specific ATM that was to be installed at a specific location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Gillis and Wishner 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250, which were owned by the company and not investors \u2013 the overall operation was a sham, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThese sentences should serve as a deterrent to other would-be white-collar criminals, yet it cannot rectify the damage done to the lives of over 1,300 victims,\u201d said <strong>David Bowdich, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Field Office.<\/strong> \u201cI strongly urge investors to question and do their due diligence when the stated returns are seemingly too good to be true.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Gillis and Wishner prevented investors from discovering the fraudulent nature of the business by providing bogus monthly reports to the investors that falsely detailed the supposed performance of the investors\u2019 ATMs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Gillis and Wishner also included a \u201cnon-interference\u201d provision in the lease 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