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The FBI and federal prosecutors are seeking to identify potential victims who may have been defrauded through a Ponzi scheme involving an investment company called The Smart Partners LLC. Federal investigators said a huge Ponzi scheme was based in Maryland. From 2017 until May 2019, Smart Partners was doing business as "1st Million Dollars," or "1st Million," headquartered in Largo, Prince George's County, but solicited investments from victims in Texas, Georgia, New York, Florida and potentially other locations.|| Full indictment ||"We will go wherever the investigation and the ev...

FBI trying to identify victims of $28m Maryland-based Ponzi scheme in which trio posed as pastors     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Officials from the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland are trying to identify victims who may have lost money as part of a $28 million Ponzi scheme based in Maryland. In a news release, the FBI said three people, Dennis Jali, John Frimpong and Arley Johnson, got or tried to get investors to give them a total of more than $28 million, which the trio said would be invested in cryptocurrency and foreign exchange markets. Instead, the trio, w...

Credit: AP Federal investigators are looking for potential victims in a $28 million ponzi scheme. From 2017 to May 2019, Largo-based The Smart Partners LLC did business as 1st Million Dollars, soliciting investments from victims in a number of states. Dennis Jali, John Frimpong and Arley Johnson, who were arrested and indicted in August, allegedly recruited victims to invest at swanky promotional events and church events. They allegedly presented themselves as pastors and claimed their work helped chur...

Seeking Victims in the “1st Million” Investigation The FBI is seeking to identify potential victims who may have been defrauded through an investment company called The Smart Partners LLC. Starting in 2017 until May 2019, Smart Partners was doing business as “1st Million Dollars,” or “1st Million,” headquartered in Largo, Maryland, but solicited investments from victims in Texas, Georgia, New York, Florida, and potentially other locations. It is alleged that Dennis Jali, John Frimpong, and Arley Johnson, who have all been arrested, recruited victims to invest in 1st Million by hol...