The founder of an alleged $140 million Ponzi scheme targeting Georgia Christian conservatives is asking a federal judge for a lighter sentence as supporters and victims offer sharply different views of the man at the center of the case.
Edwin Brant Frost IV, 69, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with the collapse of First Liberty Building & Loan.
More than 120 letters submitted to the court on Frost’s behalf describe him as a deeply religious man who spent years helping those in need, mentoring others and supporting his community…