From your description, your friend was a victim of criminal fraud. The TU case is a civil lawsuit, not a criminal one, in which the standard of proof is lower and where the remedy is to pay money as compensation to the plantiff for losses suffered, never jail or fines.
I just mention this because in her zeal to impugn Trump, I wouldn’t expect The Wife to do so. Her biggest regret is that the death penalty doesn’t apply.
Why would the state of the case make any difference?
Both Donald Trump and this guy who is sitting in a CA prison right now lied about their product and they got money from people who thought they were going to get mentoring and access.
Trump is a fraud. Plain and simple.
Same thing this CA prisoner did. My friend said that he had a side racket that showed people how to acquire numerous credit cards and "play" them against each other. It was so complicated that the CA prosecutors had at least a dozen people working on it - just to figure out how he did it.
I am sure that the CA fraudster is sitting in his prison cell right now watching how Trump is skating away scot free and could possibly become president.