ANOTHER ALLEGED SENIOR SCAMMER: Leonard Ansill, 77, Booked At Palm Beach County Jail On Ponzi Charges
Leonard Ansill. Source: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Leonard Ansill, a 77-year-old resident of Jupiter Farms, Fla., has become the latest senior citizen accused of swindling investors in a Ponzi scheme — this one of the real-estate variety.
Ansill’s booking sheet at the jail shows he is being held on seven criminal charges, including multiple counts of grand larceny.
One of his alleged victims is a 79-year-old widower and part-time Florida resident who entrusted at least part of his late wife’s trust fund to the accused scammer, the Sun Sentinel is reporting.
The victim described Ansill as a “relatively miserable character,” the paper reported.
Ansill’s scam allegedly fetched about $1.12 million, the newspaper reported.
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