{"id":57638,"date":"2024-09-27T18:11:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T01:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57638"},"modified":"2024-09-27T18:11:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T01:11:30","slug":"convicted-corporate-raider-his-longtime-accountant-and-vaping-co-charged-in-indictment-alleging-conspiracy-and-fraud-while-running-cannabis-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57638","title":{"rendered":"Convicted Corporate Raider, His Longtime Accountant, and Vaping Co. Charged in Indictment Alleging Conspiracy and Fraud While Running Cannabis Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv4312883237MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4312883237MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A corporate takeover specialist and convicted felon has been indicted on federal charges for his alleged years-long avoidance of a judgment \u2013 now exceeding $180 million \u2013 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) while running a cannabis and lifestyle brand company purportedly helmed by his social media influencer son \u2013 a company whose investors he allegedly cheated, the Justice Department announced Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4312883237MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The nine-count indictment returned on Thursday charges the following defendants with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud, and four counts of wire fraud:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"yiv4312883237MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Paul A. Bilzerian, 74, a resident of St. Kitts and Nevis and a former U.S. citizen who was convicted in 1989 in the Southern District of New York of securities fraud and was sentenced to four years in federal prison for that crime.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv4312883237MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Ignite International Brands Ltd., a formerly publicly traded, Canada-based cannabis company that previously operated out of Los Angeles and whose CEO was Bilzerian\u2019s son, a social media influencer identified in the indictment as \u201cD.B.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv4312883237MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A third defendant charged:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"yiv4312883237MsoListParagraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Scott Rohleder, 61, of Morrisville, North Carolina, Bilzerian\u2019s long-time accountant who held various roles at Ignite, including chief financial officer, is charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and three counts of assisting with the preparation of false tax returns.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv4312883237MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39979 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/judge-gavel-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"West Virginia Woman Took Top Secrets, Committed Kidnapping\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/>\u201cThis indictment alleges a long-running pattern of criminal behavior to avoid a regulator\u2019s judgment, mislead investors, and cheat the IRS,\u201d said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. \u201cMy office will continue to use all tools available to protect investors and ensure the security of our nation\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4312883237MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">If convicted of all charges, Bilzerian and Rohleder would face a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for each conspiracy count and up to 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4312883237MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Rohleder faces up to three years in federal prison for each tax fraud count.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Bilzerian&#8217;s SEC Case Overview<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>1989:<\/strong> SEC filed a civil action against Bilzerian for the same securities violations that led to his criminal conviction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>1993:<\/strong> SEC won civil judgments totaling $62.3 million.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Since 1993:<\/strong> Bilzerian has evaded payment of these judgments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>2000:<\/strong> A federal court found him in contempt and appointed a receiver to collect assets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Current Status:<\/strong> The SEC has only recovered $547,000, while the total owed now exceeds $180 million with interest.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"1975782f-be4c-4182-a649-bedc9f043200\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Bilzerian\u2019s Alleged Scheme (2018-2024)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Conspiracy:<\/strong> Bilzerian, Rohleder, and Ignite allegedly worked to prevent the SEC from collecting on judgments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Shell Companies:<\/strong> Bilzerian used multiple shell companies to conceal his assets and funnel millions into Ignite, hiding his involvement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>False Financial Disclosures:<\/strong> Bilzerian claimed to be indigent, omitting significant assets to avoid paying the SEC.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Ignite Operations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b>Public deception: <\/b>Although Bilzerian and Rohleder controlled the company&#8217;s operations, including day-to-day management, strategy, and executive decisions, Ignite was in fact run by Bilzerian&#8217;s son, D.B.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Misleading Public Statements:<\/strong> They concealed Bilzerian&#8217;s role in the company and falsely labeled him and Rohleder as \u201cunpaid consultants.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Fraudulent Revenue Reporting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>False Sales Figures:<\/strong> In 2020, the company inflated revenue by including unsold inventory, raising share prices and market value by $84 million.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Backdated Sales:<\/strong> When questioned, Bilzerian sold $4.63 million in products to his own shell company, backdating the sale to falsify revenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Tax Fraud<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>DB\u2019s Tax Returns:<\/strong> Rohleder falsified D.B.\u2019s tax returns, misclassifying an $8.5 million mansion as a rental property and manipulating stock sales to lower tax rates, resulting in a tax loss of $1.5 million to the IRS.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-2 flex gap-3 empty:hidden -ml-2\">\n<div class=\"items-center justify-start rounded-xl p-1 flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv4312883237MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-595 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FBI-IMAGE-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"FBI Photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FBI-IMAGE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FBI-IMAGE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FBI-IMAGE-1024x1021.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cThis indictment sends a strong message that no matter how criminals try to hide, the FBI will aggressively investigate those who commit such financial fraud and shirk their obligation to make American taxpayers whole\u201d said Akil Davis, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Los Angeles Field Office. \u201cThese individuals will now face justice for fraudulently profiting from this elaborate scheme and hopefully the public\u2019s trust in a fair market will be restored.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4312883237MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe allegations against Mr. Bilzerian and his co-defendants paint a picture of a long-running, complex scheme to avoid their financial obligations,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Tyler Hatcher, IRS Criminal Investigation, Los Angeles Field Office. \u201cPlaying a shell game with money may work in the short term, but IRS Criminal Investigation is the best in the business at finding and following the trail that money always leaves and, especially when our skillsets are paired with those of our fellow law enforcement agencies, there is little chance of evading indictments such as this one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4312883237MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The SEC today filed civil charges against Bilzerian, Rohleder, and Ignite in connection with the facts alleged in this criminal case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4312883237MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation are investigating this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p 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Schwab of the Corporate and Securities Fraud Strike Force and David H. Chao of the General Crimes Section are prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A corporate takeover specialist and convicted felon has been indicted on federal charges for his alleged years-long avoidance of a judgment \u2013 now exceeding $180 million \u2013 to the U.S&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Convicted Corporate Raider, His Longtime Accountant, and Vaping Co. 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