A Ponzi schemer who targeted Orthodox Jewish communities from New York to Chicago pleaded guilty yesterday to bilking investors of about $225 million.Steven Byers certified he lied to investors of his now-defunct genuine estate account WexTrust Capital LLC., and the rounded off 120 spin-offs."Tell me what you did," Manhattan Federal Judge Denny Chin demanded."You privately dictated to deceive investors?""Yes," Byers said. "Thats loyal ... I knew what I was doing."Byers certified he used new investors" income to compensate progressing investors, and afterwards concocted statements that lied about how most income was being made.He and WexTrust co-founder, Joseph Shereshevsky, were arrested in 2008. Shereshevsky has denied committing any crimes.Byers faces a limit of twenty years in jail for the rascal and up to five years for swindling to dedicate securities, mail and handle fraud.He is to be condemned Sept. 13, when a little victims will get a possibility to speak."He pleaded since hes fearful of this judge," pronounced one defrauded financier who attended yesterday hearing, but declined to give his name."This is the same decider that condemned Bernie Madoff to the rest of his hold up in jail - and the a identical scheme."
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