Ponzi Scheme Operator Cops Guilty Plea; Also Admits To Ripping Off His Own Parents By Taking Out $493K Loan Against Their Home

From the Office of the U.S. Attorney (Los Angeles, California):

• A Glendale man has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud charges, admitting that he ran three separate scams, including a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 30 families out of more than $8 million.
  
  Kaveh Vahedi has also admitted his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that submitted hundreds of falsified loan applications to banks through his brokerage firm, Countywide Financial. Vahedi has also acknowledged stealing more than $700,000 from his parents by draining their bank account and taking out a loan on their home.

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• In addition to [Ponzi scheme] crimes, Vahedi also agreed to plead guilty to one bank fraud count in a pending indictment against him related to a fraud he perpetrated against his own family. In his plea agreement, Vahedi admits that he posed as his father in order to withdraw approximately $250,000 from his parents’ bank account. He also impersonated his father and took out a $493,000 home equity loan against his parents’ home.

For the U.S. Attorney press release, see Con Man Agrees To Plead Guilty In Three Fraud Schemes, Including Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi And Separate Mortgage Fraud Scheme.