A 3rd particular person has been charged in connection to the “Mike G Deal” funding scheme.
Bryan Lee was indicted beneath seal on Could fifteenth. Someday between Could sixteenth and Could nineteenth Lee was arrested, resulting in the unsealing of the indictment on Could 18th.
Lee’s indictment pegs him as the cash man behind Neil Suresh Chandran’s (proper) ViRSE scheme.
Defendant NEIL SURESH CHANDRAN … held himself out because the proprietor of a bunch of firms operated beneath the banner
of ViRSE, which presupposed to develop virtual-world applied sciences, together with its personal cryptocurrency, to be used in its metaverse.These firms included, however usually are not restricted to, Free Vi Lab; Studio Vi, Inc.; ViDelivery, Inc.; ViMarket, Inc. (“ViMarket”); and Skalex USA Inc.
Defendant BRYAN LEE … was the signatory on financial institution accounts for ViMarket, and the nominee proprietor/sole director and officer of ViMarket.
LEE took course from CHANDRAN on methods to disburse funds despatched to ViMarket financial institution accounts. LEE additionally unilaterally disbursed and spent funds from the ViMarket accounts.
ViRSE (aka CoinDeal) is a part of what we all know because the Mike G Deal. This is because of promotion by serial MLM conman Michael Glaspie (proper).
Glaspie has additionally been indicted. He plead responsible to 1 depend of wire fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced on June fifteenth.
For his efforts in laundering proceeds of the Mike G Deal, Bryan Lee has been charged with
- conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud;
- two counts of mail fraud;
- three counts of wire fraud; and
- three counts of participating in financial transactions in property derived from specified illegal exercise;
If convicted on all counts, Lee, 57, faces a possible 150 12 months jail sentence.
Forfeiture of the ~$45 million stolen by way of the Mike G Deal can also be being sought.