US EditionConvicted Fraudster Who Had Sentence Commuted by Trump Gets 37 Years for New Fraud Conviction
Weinstein was sentenced to 37 years and ordered to pay $44 million after defrauding investors with false promises of wartime supplies for Ukraine, prosecutors said.
- Eliyahu Eli Weinstein, 51, of Lakewood, New Jersey, was sentenced to 37 years in federal prison for defrauding investors out of $35 million.
- Weinstein had his previous 24-year sentence for fraud commuted by President Trump in 2021 but continued to commit fraud shortly after his release.
- The judge ordered Weinstein to pay $44,294,803 in restitution, due immediately.
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A businessman, pardoned by Donald Trump in 2021, shortly before Joe Biden took office, was again convicted of fraud and sentenced to 37 years in prison.
New York Post
UpstractNew Jersey man pardoned by Trump imprisoned for third fraud conviction
Eliyahu "Eli" Weinstein, a 51-year-old man who has also used the alias Mike Konig, was handed down a 37-year sentence in Trenton, NJ on Friday after President Trump pardoned him.
New Jersey Jew pardoned by Trump following 24-year prison term for ponzi scheme fraud, convicted anew for 37 years in Ukraine aid fraud
A New Jersey man whose lengthy prison sentence for fraud convictions was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2021 is now headed back to federal prison for another fraud conviction. U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp, sitting in Trenton, handed down a 37-year sentence on Friday to Eliyahu "Eli" Weinstein, 51, of Lakewood, who is also known as Mike Konig. Shipp also ruled that Weinstein must pay $44,294,803 in restitution, which is due immediatel…
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Convicted fraudster who had sentence commuted by Trump gets 37 years for new fraud conviction
A New Jersey man whose prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2021 is headed back to federal prison for another fraud conviction. U.S.
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