It was hardly a surprise when attorneys representing various interests in the LeFever Mattson bankruptcy case dragged Tim LeFever into mediation last month.
LeFever is a co-founder of the dismantled company, along with longtime friend Ken Mattson, now accused by federal prosecutors of operating a Ponzi scheme that bilked potentially hundreds of clients out of tens of millions of dollars over at least 15 years.
More stunning was an application filed Wednesday by the unsecured creditors committee representing the interests of the more than 600 people who invested in LeFever Mattson’s real estate acquisitions. The committee sought permission to subpoena Tim LeFever’s mother-in-law, alleging that the company transferred millions of dollars to her…