Forcount scammer Juan Antonio Tacuri Fajardo has pled responsible to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Following an preliminary not responsible plea, Tacuri modified his thoughts and pled responsible at a listening to held on June fifth.
Tacuri (proper) is scheduled to be sentenced on September twenty fourth, 2024. Within the meantime, a June seventh Preliminary Order of Forfeiture particulars the cash aspect of Tacuri’s anticipated judgment.
As per the June seventh order, Tacuri has consented to forfeiting
- $3.6 million tied to his Forcount scamming; and
- a 5 bed room residential house in Orlando, Florida, bought with stolen Forcount investor funds.
Forcount was an MLM crypto Ponzi scheme launched in 2018. Tacuri, a prime promoter of the rip-off, and a number of other co-conspirators had been indicted in 2022.
Tacuri is the primary Forcount defendant to enter right into a plea settlement. I count on we’ll be seeing extra responsible pleas from the remaining 4 defendants.
The SEC additionally filed fraud prices towards Tacuri and three accomplices in December 2022. The SEC’s civil fraud case has been stayed pending the result of prison proceedings.