Today, July 26, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas said in a statement that a man from Tennessee has been charged with a claimed $1 million investment scheme.
Alcides Roman, 65, from Lebanon, Tennessee, has been charged by the DOJ with eight counts of wire theft and four counts of money laundering.
Court records say that Roman made this plan possible through his Tennessee-based business, Remain In Control.
The DOJ says that Roman “has been accused of asking people to invest in high-yield investment programs that his company offers.” He is said to have lied to get the victims’ money, not invested it as promised, and used the investment funds for his own benefit and the benefit of others without the victims’ knowledge or permission.
Roman went to court for the first time on July 26th, in front of a U.S. Magistrate Judge at the US District Court for the Middle of Tennessee. On August 9th, at 1:30 p.m., he was told to go back to court to face U.S. Magistrate Judge Teresa J. James at the District of Kansas Court.
The FBI looked into this case, and Ryan Huschka, who is an assistant U.S. attorney, is now pursuing it.