Ponzi scheme accused faced with seven more charges

Yuri Garcia Dominguez and his wife Ateeka Ishmael, the couple accused of running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of persons, were faced with seven additional charges yesterday.

They appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on charges of conspiring with other persons to obtain a total of seven million dollars by false pretence.  It is alleged that the couple conspired with others to obtain over seven million from seven victims.

Each was granted bail in the sum of $300,000 on each charge or $2.1 million in total. They are to make their next appearance on October 5th, 2020.