Jackson Jambalaya

Everyone go read the summary of the victims impact statements. It’s horrifying. The investors weren’t all rich assholes. To those who profited from this, get ready for your day in court. It’s going to hurt.

I can't find the impact statements online. Anyone have a link they can share?

If he gets a day less than Bernie, justice is denied. What he did is so much worse.

Michael Billings had better kiss his black velvet Louis Vuitton slippers goodbye

One more day to see how far the corn cob will go, given some of the crooks he swidled, he be lucky to last 3 months without a serious ass whipping in jail

See the Clarion Ledger for some quotes from one of the victims. A disabled vet no less. The article also states that there seems to be some disagreement on the total $ damage. WTF, aren’t there pretty simple bank records to rely on?

What I don’t understand is how a man with only a high school education could outsmart doctors, lawyers and the Sec of State. Why didn’t he use his knowledge to do something honest and good ? I suppose love of money is the root of all evil. If he had used his head, he may have made a dang good HONEST living. May not have accumulated as much money as he did swindling people but my bets are he could have used his head and done well. Lamar, you can’t take it with you!

Attn 10:48. The lawyers investigating get paid "by the hour". Does that explain why it takes so long? This investigation may conclude right about the time the money runs out.

5:26 AM, it's not that hard. None of the coddled class you mention have any street smarts. Did I mention arrogance also? Combine those two qualities and you have your answer.

Why do people invest in very suspicious deals? It's called "confirmation bias." They want to believe that they are going to make a killing, even though an objective analysis will say, no way Jose.

Almost 40-years ago I was on a large team investigating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme in another state (on the west coast). Each investigator was assigned about 10 victims to interview.

My list included: police chief (small city), deputy district attorney (large metropolitan county), medical doctor, retired couple, and a dentist.

You would think at least the first two would know better.

@6:54, what in your background gives you the ability to judge entire classes of people as ignorant and arrogant?

In Mississippi - you better believe that those who "bought in" to the scheme were "connected" to someone that would "vouch" for the deal - enter Butler Snow. Example? Roger Wicker the lower level folks are sadly ignorant of such dealings, but the others should know better and did....but they thought they had the fix in because it was protected by Butler Snow and others. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Wicker has a hedge behind the scene to guarantee he gets his money back if it went sideways. Corrupt to the bone all of them.