I've wondered for a long time why LEOs never went after any of the PPTs. Especially the ones that appeared in the Kings court in Las Vegas. Shavers must have known the true identity of the people that met with him in person. Couldn't he trade the info about his accomplices for leniency?
I guess because they didn't "knowingly" participate in a ponzi, as they didn't know it was a ponzi at the time.
I'm not so sure. If you were sitting at that round table, wouldn't you ask how he was able to pay those kind of returns? I asked him a few times in threads here way before that meeting. I accused him of using the money for drug trade because that's the only business that could promise those kind of returns and not be a complete fraud. I would have been asking that question before I said hello. I think by the time they all met every one of them knew it was a ponzi. I think one of the reasons for the meet up was to keep them in line and moving forward with the plan. That means there are more arrests pending.