Authorities say at least half of the approximately 17,000 solar generators that Jeff and Paulette Carpoff claimed that their company manufactured do not exist. – EPA pic, January 25, 2020.
AN American couple have pleaded guilty to running a US$1 billion solar investment scam that they used to finance a luxury lifestyle, including buying Burt Reynolds’ sports car, authorities announced yesterday. The California pair were taking money from investors for nonexistent mobile solar generators, which they used to buy a 1978 Firebird that once belonged to the late Hollywood star, luxury homes in the Caribbean and Mexico, jewellery and a baseball team, said authorities in a statement.
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