Man Gets 10 Years for $70M Ponzi Scheme

一男子设庞氏骗局敛财七千万美金,被判入狱十年

A 63-year-old man has been sentenced in North Carolina to 10 years in prison for his role in a $70 million Ponzi scheme and for skipping out on for his criminal trial.

一名63岁的男人在北卡罗莱纳州被判入狱十年。原因是他设庞氏骗局敛财七千万美金,并逃脱审判。

U.S. Attorney George Holding announced Wednesday that Michael Young also must pay more than $45 million in restitution after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit mail fraud. Young was in Dubai when his trial was to begin in 2008.

美方代理律师乔治在周三宣布罪犯麦克杨同时须支付450万美金的赔偿金,而当审讯于2008年开始的时候这位主犯还身在迪拜逍遥。

Young was president of Mobile Billboard of America and the last of six defendants to be sentenced.

杨某曾是美国移动广告公司的主席,也是这次接受审判的6名被告之一。

Prosecutors said the operation promised investors guaranteed monthly checks from advertising revenue on traveling billboards.

诉讼人称,杨某的公司曾许诺公司的投资者,他们将从广告收入中获得每月分红。

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued the company in 2004. Investigators found no billboards on sides of trucks.

美国安全及交易局于2004年起诉该公司。调查方后来发现这家公司根本没有所谓的广告。

补充阅读:庞氏骗局是一种最古老和最常见的投资诈骗,是金字塔骗局的变体,很多非法的传销集团就是用这一招聚敛钱财的,这种骗术是一个名叫查尔斯·庞齐的投机商人“发明”的。

查尔斯·庞齐(Charles Ponzi)是一位生活在19、20世纪的意大利裔投机商,1903年移民到美国,1919年他开始策划一个阴谋,骗人向一个事实上子虚乌有的企业投资,许诺投资者将在三个月内得到40%的利润回报,然后,狡猾的庞齐把新投资者的钱作为快速盈利付给最初投资的人,以诱使更多的人上当。由于前期投资的人回报丰厚,庞齐成功地在七个月内吸引了三万名投资者,这场阴谋持续了一年之久,才让被利益冲昏头脑的人们清醒过来,后人称之为“庞氏骗局”。