Ponzi / Pyramid

The spreadsheet had names, socials, and a column for what each identity earned

Christopher Staggs ran his pandemic unemployment scheme out of a Chicago LLC and kept a ledger of the people whose identities fueled it. On June 9, 2026, a federal judge gave him two years.

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