{
  "id": 7923148,
  "title": "Travis Kelce among victims of a $31M Ponzi scheme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/travis-kelce-among-victims-of-a-31m-ponzi-scheme",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T01:52:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/travis-kelce-among-victims-31m-015200628.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and newlywed of pop superstar Taylor Swift, is among the victims of a $31 million Ponzi scheme. Siddharth Jawahar, the 38-year-old perpetrator who lived in the U.S. illegally, was sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay $31.35 million in restitution to victims. Jawahar allegedly deceived investors by claiming their funds were growing in a company called Philip Morris Pakistan, when in fact, the investments were declining. He used money from new investors to repay older investors until 2023, living an extravagant lifestyle that included travel, luxury stays, and expensive outings. Kelce, who invested in a Texas-based fund created by Jawahar called Swiftarc Capital LLC, might have lost a significant amount of his estimated $90 million net worth.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "How much money Travis Kelce has earned in NFL compared to Patrick Mahomes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/how-much-money-travis-kelce-has-earned-in-nfl-compared-to-patrick",
        "published": "2026-09-15T10:45:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}