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FEDS: Former California National Guard Base Commander Timothy Melvin Murphy Pleads Guilty To Bilking $2.7 Million In Ponzi And Fraud Caper
The onetime commander of the California National Guard base in Los Alamitos has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 28 investors of $2.7 million, federal prosecutors said. Ret. Col. Timothy Melvin Murphy, 70, of Orange, ran his investment scam through an entity known as Capital Investors Inc., also of Orange,…