Swede Sentenced to 15 Years of Prison Following a16$ Million Investment Scam

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by mlawson71, Jul 12, 2021.

  1. mlawson71

    mlawson71

    A Swedish man was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a US court for a Thailand-based scam for over 16 million US dollars. The culprit, one Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson, was convicted of securities fraud, money laundering and wire fraud after he was arrested in Koh Chang, a large Thai district back in 2019, following a warrant for his arrest issued by Interpol and he was subsequently handed over to American authorities.

    The convict apparently solicited investors into buying shares by promising them that they would receive completely unrealistic returns for their investments. He claimed that he was selling gold-based investment derivatives for “great” profit returns. He actually promised a whopping 97% returns of funds if his gold scheme didn’t work out. This way he managed to defraud some 3500 people from 46 different countries.

    Of course, most of the investments were in Bitcoin. He didn’t invest the money anywhere, he just spent them on luxuries for himself, including a racehorse.

    I will never understand how people actually believe such blatant lies, nor do I understand how scammers like this think that authorities wouldn’t cotton onto what they’re doing sooner or later.
     
  2. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    Greed is a powerful motivation on all sides of this story.

    It’s even more blinding than lust.

     
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  3. mlawson71

    mlawson71

    Indeed. People lose all common sense when blinded by greed.