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  "id": 7892677,
  "title": "Investment firm leader gets 11 years for Ponzi scheme that bilked dozens, including Travis Kelce",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/investment-firm-leader-gets-11-years-for-ponzi-scheme-that-bilked-7892677",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T22:48:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
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    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/16/investment-firm-leader-gets-11-years-for-ponzi-scheme-that-bilked-dozens-including-travis-kelce/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "ST. LOUIS (AP) — The creator of a Texas-based investment company has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say bilked 64 victims, including Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Man sentenced in $35 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded Travis Kelce: ‘He did this out of greed’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/man-sentenced-in-35-million-ponzi-scheme-that-defrauded-travis-kelce",
        "published": "2026-09-16T20:44:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Investment firm leader gets 11 years for Ponzi scheme that bilked dozens, including Travis Kelce",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/investment-firm-leader-gets-11-years-for-ponzi-scheme-that-bilked",
        "published": "2026-09-16T22:48:31.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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