FRISCO, Texas — A Texas couple has been sentenced to 40 years each in prison for orchestrating a fraudulent pyramid scheme that defrauded victims of $30 million during the COVID-19 pandemic.
LaShonda Moore, 38, and Marlon Moore, 39, both of Frisco, Texas, were convicted in January 2026 on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering, according to a press release from the Justice Department. The couple co-founded and operated “Blessings in No Time” (BINT), an illegal chain-referral pyramid scheme that targeted victims from June 2020 to June 2021.
Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division stated, “At the peak of the pandemic, LaShonda and Marlon Moore launched an investment fraud scheme and cheated struggling Americans out of $30 million.”…