A federal jury has convicted a woman and man of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering relating to a scheme that fraudulently raised money from investors across the country.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Reva Joyce Stachniw, 70, of Galesburg, Illinois, and Ron Throgmartin, 58, of Buford, Georgia, ran a Ponzi scheme from late 2017 and continuing through in or around early 2019 that raised approximately $650 million from victim-investors. Stachniw and Throgmartin fraudulently represented to victim-investors that their investments were backed by…
