The president of a sham UN affiliate that defrauded investors with the help of a fake cryptocurrency is now facing up to 20 years behind bars
Saint Clair took the victims' funds for his personal use, the investigators found out. He siphoned off the funds to pay for dinners at expensive Manhattan restaurants and buy plane tickets and other goods that supported his lavish lifestyle.He was then placed under house arrest in the state of Arizona in November after posting a $500,000 bail bond. Saint Clair attempted to flee to Madagascar during investigator interviews, but he was arrested at the airport.
The 49-year-old fraudster is now facing up to 20 years behind bars. His sentencing will be determined by Judge P. Kevin Castel on July 19.
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