DENVER ( KDVR ) — Federal officials said a Fort Collins man was one of three people sentenced Monday for founding and operating a Wyoming corporation called “8 Figure Dream Lifestyle” as an illegal pyramid scheme.
According to the U.S. Justice Department, Brian Kaplan, 53, of Fort Collins, was sentenced to serve 22 months in prison and ordered to pay almost $2.84 million in forfeiture. Kaplan is one of three people sentenced on Monday for their roles in founding and operating a business that federal officials say was an illegal pyramid scheme.
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The business was run from approximately January 2017 through March 2019. Officials said that Alex Dee, 50, of Fate, Texas; Jerrold Mauer, 58, of North Bellmore, New York, and Kaplan advertised 8 Figure Dream Lifestyle as an online marketing business where members could “easily earn millions of dollars by selling memberships” into the company.
Federal officials said the business presented itself as a way for members to access digital videos, mostly related to online marketing and self-help lessons.