"People place great trust in those who help manage and invest their hard-earned money," Minkler said in a news release announcing the indictment. "Exploiting that trust for personal gain through lies and deception is a crime that this office takes very seriously."
Cleveland's phone listing in California was disconnected and he couldn't be reached for comment. He faces maximum sentences of 10 to 20 years and a maximum fine of $250,000.
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Cleveland was the football player's financial adviser starting when the player entered the NFL after college, prosecutors said,Allen Robinson Jersey, and the player provided Cleveland with millions of dollars to invest. Cleveland used $2 million of the money he received from the player to pay other clients in a Ponzi scheme and spent another $2 million on personal expenses,Cheap Shoes Websites, prosecutors said. Those included his home mortgage, credit card bills, and payments to family members.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A money manager stole more than $4.5 million over nearly a decade from an unnamed former NFL player who played several years for the Indianapolis Colts,Brad Kaaya Jersey, federal prosecutors said Friday.