Convicted 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.
Ponzi schemer given clemency by Trump does another Ponzi scheme
This is the inevitable outcome of many of Trump’s “game recognize game” pardons: A convicted Ponzi schemer whose 24-year prison term was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2021 now faces as much as 50 years behind bars for an investor fraud that took place after his clemency. Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, 51, faces sentencing Friday in federal court in Trenton, New Jersey, after being convicted of defrauding more than 150 investors out of $41 mil…
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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