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Former Investment Adviser Sentenced To 3½ Years In Prison For $3 Million Loss To Victims In Financing Fraud Scheme

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014.  A former investment adviser was sentenced to 3½ years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining approximately $4 million from more than 30 victims and misusing the money to make Ponzi-type payments to investors, pay personal expenses, and personal gambling, resulting in a loss of just over $3 million.  The defendant, OSCAR DONALD OVERBEY, JR., was a financial adviser at two north suburban locations for Ameriprise Financial, Inc., who engaged in a…

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