{"id":43186,"date":"2021-06-29T15:37:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T22:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43186"},"modified":"2021-06-29T15:37:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T22:37:32","slug":"man-indicted-for-allegedly-running-a-12-million-ponzi-scheme-and-money-laundering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43186","title":{"rendered":"Man Indicted for Allegedly Running a $12 Million Ponzi Scheme and Money Laundering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv8895529929MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8895529929MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment that alleges a Santa Barbara man stole approximately $12 million from victims who were promised their money would be used to purchase annuities from Swiss insurance companies, officials stated.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/calif-senator-brother-indicted-bribery-involving-tens-thousands-dollars\/justice-depart\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1057\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1057 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8895529929MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Darrell Arnold Aviss, 63, of Santa Barbara, was charged today with five counts of wire fraud and six counts of money laundering. Aviss was arrested June 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8895529929MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He was subsequently ordered held without bond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8895529929MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to the indictment filed this afternoon in United States District Court, Aviss ran the scheme from at least 2012 through last summer, soliciting money from people who wanted to purchase annuities from insurance companies based in Switzerland. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8895529929MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Aviss claimed the Swiss annuities he offered were safe and secure, and, in some instances, he allegedly told victims the annuities would pay interest rates ranging from 5 to 7 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8895529929MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: 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https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/oxghu60nwxu-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>But, the indictment alleges, Aviss did not use the victims\u2019 money to purchase annuities, even though he arranged for the victims to receive statements showing the purported value of the annuities, which the false documents showed were increasing over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8895529929MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Victims, most of whom were over the age of 60, gave Aviss more than $12 million, with most of that money coming from just one victim, according to court documents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8895529929MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Some money was paid back to victims to keep the scheme running.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8895529929MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: 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