Bigfork man found guilty of running Ponzi scheme

A Bigfork man with a lengthy criminal record for felony theft and fraud was recently found guilty in U.S. District Court in Billings of 21 counts for running a Ponzi scheme.

A jury found John Kevin Moore guilty Aug. 3 of 11 counts of wire fraud, nine additional counts of money laundering and one count of making false statements to a federal agent.

As part of the jury’s verdict, Moore was ordered to pay restitution of about $1.9 million to the people he stole from.

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