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Texas couple sentenced to 40 years for $30 million pandemic pyramid scheme
FOX4 KDFW ^ | June 10, 2026 | Amber Kite

Posted on 06/10/2026 11:22:03 AM PDT by Baladas

FRISCO, Texas - A Texas couple was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years each in federal prison for operating a fraudulent chain-referral pyramid scheme that prosecutors said cheated more than 10,000 people nationwide out of more than $30 million during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID scheme What we know: LaShonda Moore, 38, and Marlon Moore, 39, of Frisco, were convicted by a jury in January 2026 on conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering charges stemming from their operation of "Blessings in No Time," or BINT, an illegal pyramid scheme that ran from June 2020 to June 2021.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the Moores launched BINT during the pandemic and recruited participants through weekly livestream broadcasts viewed by thousands of people across the United States during COVID-19 shutdowns.

False promises What they're saying: Prosecutors said the scheme falsely promised participants an 800% return on a $1,400 investment and guaranteed refunds to dissatisfied members.

(Excerpt) Read more at fox4news.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bint; covid; covid19; crime; fraud; texas; theft

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shame on Marlon and LaShonda
1 posted on 06/10/2026 11:22:03 AM PDT by Baladas
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Fresco TX is the same town as the black white track trial………what is in the water down there


2 posted on 06/10/2026 11:25:05 AM PDT by SteelPSUGOP (UGHT)
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Wait. Black "Jake from State Farm" was involved in a fraudulent pyramid scheme?!


3 posted on 06/10/2026 11:28:04 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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LaShonda ...


4 posted on 06/10/2026 11:28:34 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: SteelPSUGOP

Roscoe is supposedly the fastest city in America

So of course it’s going to attract bottom of the barrel ghetto scum


5 posted on 06/10/2026 11:28:48 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (The point of a gun is the only law that leftists understand )
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To: Sicon

ah man, don’t say it’s so, Jake!!!


6 posted on 06/10/2026 11:29:34 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Baladas

Oh, LaShonda, how could you?


7 posted on 06/10/2026 11:32:46 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: Baladas

It aired on the Oprah Winfrey Channel, something the article conveniently did not mention.


8 posted on 06/10/2026 11:36:07 AM PDT by Fungi
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How many of the suckers are happy Austin is dead and pissed ‘Malo got 35 years even though the thieves got 40 for not murder? Ghetto logic is difficult to follow.


9 posted on 06/10/2026 11:43:28 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Baladas

Oh my, how usual.


10 posted on 06/10/2026 11:44:50 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/28/bint-scam-victims-relief/

DJ ASAP, wife used race to scam Black people. Victims may now see relief.


11 posted on 06/10/2026 11:57:04 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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A financial crime has brought a longer sentence than stabbing a teenager to death. smh


12 posted on 06/10/2026 11:57:32 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/28/bint-scam-victims-relief/

Marlon Moore, also known as DJ ASAP, and his wife, LaShonda, promised Black investors looking to build generational wealth returns as high as 800 percent if they joined their “blessing loom.”


limited to black investors.


13 posted on 06/10/2026 11:58:29 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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Black "Jake from State Farm" was involved in a fraudulent pyramid scheme?!

I'd expect nothing else, ever since they used to run those State Farm commercials with psycho women giving Jake free pizzas and steaks and whatnot, all undoubtedly stolen from their employers. "Jake's on the take," is what my wife would say when one of those ads came on.

14 posted on 06/10/2026 11:59:17 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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Fraudsters get 40 years. A murderer gets 35 years.

“Justice” is weird.


15 posted on 06/10/2026 11:59:27 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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LaShonda....NO NEED TO LOOK,


16 posted on 06/10/2026 12:05:49 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Baladas

Promised participants an 800% return on a $1,400 investment and guaranteed refunds.

Pssst buddy wan’t to buy a watch?


17 posted on 06/10/2026 12:08:43 PM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Baladas

They only lasted about a year?


18 posted on 06/10/2026 12:09:38 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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Cue George Costanza:

“Was that wrong?”


19 posted on 06/10/2026 12:22:08 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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They have 40 years to think back on how nice was that one year.


20 posted on 06/10/2026 12:25:30 PM PDT by citizen (All Bush-era RINOs have got to be primaried out.)
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