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Bristlecone

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8. " Sowash has faced plenty of legal problems in the past."

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Sep 20, 2022, 11:56 PM

Sep 2022

“He was sentenced in 2009 to five years in prison for bilking more than $470,000 from investors who gambled on an amateur poker league he had founded and for stealing $140,000 from three other investors who thought he was looking for investment opportunities for them.

He ended up serving about two years of his sentence.”

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They put their faith in a God-fearing man selling them tiny homes. Now they're suing him for fraud. [View all] brooklynite Sep 2022 OP

Overly religious people who try to sell you stuff are thieves and assholes. dalton99a Sep 2022 #1

That's been my experience. Deuxcents Sep 2022 #2

Yep. When they brag about being good Christian people, WATCH OUT. dalton99a Sep 2022 #5

There's a lousy ripoff Christian health insurance lindysalsagal Sep 2022 #3

One of my acquaintances got caught up in one... Hugin Sep 2022 #6

I am having trouble processing that people lost their life savings on a tiny house. Hugin Sep 2022 #4

Jesus and Mary Magdalene bought a tiny home,... magicarpet Sep 2022 #7

" Sowash has faced plenty of legal problems in the past." Bristlecone Sep 2022 #8

I guess he learned his lesson, 2 years yeah that'll teach him real good MagickMuffin Sep 2022 #9