Bay Area couple plead guilty to $1B solar Ponzi scheme

The owners of DC Solar, a Benicia-based company, pleaded guilty Jan. 24 to charges related to a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme in what prosectors say was the biggest criminal fraud in the history of the Eastern District of California, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The government’s investigation has resulted in more than $120 million in assets forfeited that will go to victims and has so far returned $500 million to the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott said in a release.

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