A two-time convicted fraudster who had a 24-year sentence for running a $200 million Ponzi scheme commuted by President Donald Trump on his last day in office has been charged with running a new multimillion-dollar fraud.
Eliyahu Weinstein, a 48-year-old, former used-car salesman from Lakewood, N.J., has been accused along with five others of stealing $38 million from 150 investors since he was set free two-and-a-half years ago, according to charges brought by federal prosecutors in New Jersey and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Mr. Weinstein is the father of seven children and a loving husband. He is currently serving his eighth year of a 24-year sentence for a real estate investment fraud and has maintained an exemplary prison history. Upon his release, he will have strong support from his community and members of his faith,” Trump wrote at the time.
“They kept Weinstein’s true name and identity hidden because, as Weinstein acknowledged in a secretly recorded conversation, investors wouldn’t give them ‘a penny’ if they learned of Weinstein’s involvement,” prosecutors said. Weinstein is a twice-convicted felon. In 2013, he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering for the $200 million real estate Ponzi fraud and was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
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