{"id":7869,"date":"2019-02-21T10:33:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=7869"},"modified":"2019-03-05T09:04:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T14:04:10","slug":"ex-lawmaker-convicted-of-stealing-3-million-from-widows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/ex-lawmaker-convicted-of-stealing-3-million-from-widows\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-lawmaker Convicted of Stealing $3 million From Widows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Why-South-Florida-is-a-Target-for-Ponzi-Schemers-300x200\"A securities agent and former state legislator, Robert Kenneth Lindell, is found guilty on 15 counts of securities fraud, intentional evasion of income tax, and failure to pay Maine income tax, in what authorities call one of Maine’s worst cases of elder financial abuse. He defrauded two widows out of more than $3 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Lindell was a trusted financial professional in Maine,” said Judith Shaw, the Maine securities administrator. “But more than that, he was like family to these women. He groomed them for years in order to perpetrate these crimes, preying on their trusting nature and vulnerabilities.” Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A securities agent and former state legislator, Robert Kenneth Lindell, is found guilty on 15 counts of securities fraud, intentional evasion of income tax, and failure to pay Maine income tax, in what authorities call one of Maine’s worst cases of elder financial abuse. 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