Ponzi / Pyramid

The compliance officer was the lock that did not lock

John Walters was the chief compliance officer at Northwest Capital. On May 18, 2026, he became the first person sentenced in a $72 million Ponzi case that ran for ten years. The lock was inside the door.

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