A man from Sweden desired by the U.S. for deceiving more than 3,500 victims of greater than $16 million has been sentenced to get imprison for 15 years. He is arrested and imprisoned for wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering as the Department of Justice told on Thursday. 
The DOJ states that 47-year-old Roger Nils-Joans Karlsson represented an investment fraud scheme from 2011 until his arrest in June 2019 in Thailand. He was pleaded guilty in March. As per the court documents, Karlsson inspired victims to purchase shares in a scheme named “Eastern Metal Securities” applying cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin that promising “astronomical returns” merged to the gold price.
These victims paid the funds were instead directed to the personal bank accounts of Karlsson. Here the money was put toward expensive homes, a racehorse, and a resort in Thailand. Karlsson has been ordered to get profited this particular Thai resort and different accounts, and properties are sentences part.
The tactic was maintained by Karlsson, in part, by catering to account statements and updates to victims. He also described the late payouts by falsely claiming to be merging with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Karlsson intentionally fraudulently targeted economically insecure investors and the U.S. is in search of a return on those victims’ behalf.
Additionally, to have to return pay $16,263,820, a restoration order is desired to be get entered within 90 days by the court. Victims who are not in contact with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California have been inspired to submit vital information ASAP!
