Orlando Man Charged With $25 Million Investment Fraud Scheme

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/orlando-man-charged-25-million-investment-fraud-scheme

Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Middle District of Florida

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, January 28, 2019

Orlando Man Charged With $25 Million Investment Fraud Scheme

Orlando, Florida – On January 16, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Andres Fernandez (37, Orlando) with 12 counts of wire fraud. If convicted, Fernandez faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count.

According to the indictment, Fernandez orchestrated an investment scheme that defrauded at least 50 victims out of as much as $25 million and solicited individuals to invest in concert events that Fernandez claimed were being produced by his companies – Kadaae Entertainment Corporation and Kadaae LLC. The indictment further alleges that Fernandez told victims that their investment would be used to fund specific concert events from artists including Julio Iglesias and Pitbull, and promised a return on investment of up to 100 percent. Fernandez used fake contracts and other false documents to convince victims that he and his companies were under contract to produce the events. In fact, neither Fernandez nor his companies were involved in most of the events he had solicited to victims. Fernandez used portions of the funds sent by investors for his own personal use and to pay fraudulent “investment returns” to earlier investors.
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