Thursday, March 14, 2013
Charles David Eizelman pleaded guilty to one count of false pretenses in August 2012 after scamming several seniors in 2005.
The man who pleaded guilty to defrauding Michigan seniors in a Ponzi scheme has been ordered to pay nearly $400,000 in restitution. According to a release from Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's office, 69-year-old West Bloomfield resident Charles David Eizelman was ordered to pay $387,100 as part of his plea agreement. Eizelman pleaded guilty to one count of false pretenses of more than $20,000 in August 2012, a 10-year felony. Eizelman admitted in 2005 that he was involved in a scheme where he accepted more than $20,000 from seniors, promising to invest the cash and have "interest" returns sent to them by August 2010. The charges were initially filed in Wayne County Circuit Court in December 2011. Eizelman was sentenced on March…
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Michigan Attorney General said Neil Thrasher, 37, orchestrated telemarketing scam for more than three years which collected over $100,000.
A West Bloomfield man set up phony veterans' charities with similar-sounding names to national charities in a telemarketing scam will spend at least the next year and a half in prison. The Michigan Attorney General's office wrote in a release Wednesday that Neil Thrasher, 37, was sentenced to 17 months to 10 years in prison, and ordered to pay restitution of $74,400 to Paralyzed Veterans of America and Disabled American Veterans. Thrasher was sentenced Nov. 7. Authorities said Thrasher's charities were called the Paralyzed American Veterans and Disabled Veterans of America — similar to the two national veterans' organizations. Authorities said he collected more than $100,000 from January 2009 through April 2012 and spent the money at …
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Michigan Attorney General said Neil Thrasher, 37, orchestrated telemarketing scam for more than three years which collected over $100,000.
A West Bloomfield man set up phony veterans' charities with similar-sounding names to national charities in a telemarketing scam, according to the Michigan Attorney General's Office. Authorities said in a release issued Friday that Neil Thrasher, 37, collected more than $100,000 from January 2009 through April 2012 and spent the money at athletic clubs, liquor stores and restaurants. The vast majority of money collected was allegedly never being used to help veterans or given to veterans organizations, according to the release. Authorities said Thrasher's charities were called the Paralyzed American Veterans and Disabled Veterans of America — similar to two national veterans' organizations, the Paralyzed Veterans of America and Disabled …
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said that seniors were targeted.
A West Bloomfield man pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme targeting seniors, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced Wednesday. Schuette said Charles David Eizelman, 68, pleaded to one count of false pretenses of more than $20,000, a 10-year felony. Eizelman, who has a history of fraud convictions, according to the attorney general's office, will be sentenced Nov. 19 and must pay $100,000 in immediate restitution. Eizelman admitted in 2005 that he was involved in a scheme where he accepted more than $20,000 from seniors to be invested and promised to have "interest" returns sent to them. In Aug. 2010, the attorney general was contacted and the subsequent investigation revealed the investments as phony. Charges were filed in …
