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.