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Brent Kovar, a businessman from Las Vegas, Nevada, was found by a federal jury to have operated a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 400 investors of roughly $24 million. Kovar was convicted on 11 counts of wire fraud, 2 counts of mail fraud, and 2 counts of money laundering. His sentencing is scheduled for November 30, with a maximum statutory penalty of up to 280 years. Kovar previously ran Profit Connect with his mother, Joy Kovar. From late 2017 to July 2021, the pair lured investors under the pretense of blockchain mining and other business activities, claiming to own an AI-powered "supercomputer" that could generate fixed annual returns of 20% to 30%, compounded monthly. The U.S. Department of Justice stated that Kovar actually used investor funds to pay Ponzi-like returns to other investors, transferred millions of dollars to his mother’s personal bank account, and used investment money to buy gifts and personal real estate. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed fraud charges against Kovar and his mother as early as 2021, accusing them of illegally raising around $12 million from at least 277 investors. The federal criminal case has now expanded the total amount involved to approximately $24 million.
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