{"id":10483,"date":"2022-03-14T14:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=10483"},"modified":"2022-03-14T14:38:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:38:06","slug":"las-vegas-lawyer-matthew-beasley-allegedly-ran-300m-ponzi-scheme-shot-by-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/las-vegas-lawyer-matthew-beasley-allegedly-ran-300m-ponzi-scheme-shot-by-fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Lawyer Matthew Beasley Allegedly Ran $300M Ponzi Scheme, Shot By FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9940 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FiverrRecovery2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Las Vegas attorney Matthew Beasley was shot by FBI Special Agents who went to his house to interview him regarding his alleged involvement in a $300 million Ponzi scheme.  Though shot in the chest and shoulder, Beasley refused to surrender and repeatedly confessed to his involvement in the scheme, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tony Lopez of the District of Nevada said in court.  49-year-old Matthew Wade Beasley was arrested and charged with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon. Beasley made an initial appearance in federal court on March 8, 2022.  Allegations in the criminal complaint state that FBI Special Agents went to a home in Las Vegas on March 3, 2022 to interview Beasley for an ongoing investigation.  According to a press release from the Department of Justice \u201cWhen agents knocked on the glass front doors, Beasley appeared with part of his body obscured. After an agent pulled back his suit jacket to show his FBI badge, Beasley then stepped into complete view with a gun pointed at his own head. When agents instructed Beasley to drop the gun, Beasley instead pointed it at the agents in a sweeping motion \u2014 causing one or more agents to discharge their firearm and striking Beasley.\u201d  An FBI SWAT team \u201chad to forcefully enter the home and bring him out,\u201d Lopez said.  Beasley was released from the hospital. His lawyer sought house arrest, but a judge ordered Beasley detained without bond because Lopez said Beasley was a flight risk with significant assets including at least four homes, luxury cars, and an RV.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FiverrRecovery2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FiverrRecovery2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FiverrRecovery2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FiverrRecovery2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FiverrRecovery2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FiverrRecovery2-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FiverrRecovery2-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Las Vegas attorney Matthew Beasley was shot by FBI Special Agents who went to his house to interview him regarding his alleged involvement in a $300 million Ponzi scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Though shot in the chest and shoulder, Beasley refused to surrender and repeatedly confessed to his involvement in the scheme, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tony Lopez of the District of Nevada said in court. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/las-vegas-lawyer-matthew-beasley-allegedly-ran-300m-ponzi-scheme-shot-by-fbi\/#more-10483\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas attorney Matthew Beasley was shot by FBI Special Agents who went to his house to interview him regarding his alleged involvement in a $300 million Ponzi scheme. Though shot in the chest and shoulder, Beasley refused to surrender and repeatedly confessed to his involvement in the scheme, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tony Lopez of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[595,593],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investment-fraud","category-ponzi-schemes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matthew Beasley Allegedly Ran $300M Ponzi Scheme, Shot By FBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Matthew Beasley was shot by FBI Special Agents who sought to interview him regarding his alleged involvement in a $300 million Ponzi scheme.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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