The screen showed $1.2 million. The withdrawal button was the lie.
Wesley Marley watched his money grow on a screen for months. The screen was the product. The growth was the bait. The withdrawal was the trap.
Latest
The letters said the money was safe. The money was already gone.
Bob Hunter ran a Springfield retirement shop called The Summit Group of Missouri. For years, his clients got statements showing their money was right where it should be. On June 11, he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. The statements were the crime.
The letters kept arriving. The account never existed.
Bob Hunter, 72, sold executives in Springfield, Missouri a polished retirement product and then spent their money. The statements he mailed back were the lock on the door.