One of the Dallas Police Department's own officers has been indicted for allegedly running a pyramid scheme out of his office.
Officer Reginald Jones was arrested in October.An arrest warrant affidavit said Jones would ask participants to pay money up front and promised them more money in return if they recruited new participants.Russell Wilson, a criminal defense attorney who is not associated with the case, explained it as textbook pyramid scheme that would eventually give out.
"There’s a theme. So here, the theme is you are receiving blessings," Wilson said. "And in order to receive a blessing, you have to give a blessing. But you receive your blessing four- or five-times fold. So, if you put in $100, later on when you are blessed, you may get $500." More than a dozen of those participants were Jones’ colleagues at the South Central Patrol Division in Oak Cliff.
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