Alabama Man Sentenced For Securities Fraud
Keith Michael Rogers of Huntsville, Alabama was sentenced by Madison County Circuit Court Judge Alison Austin to three years in prison for securities fraud. He received a ten year split sentence and will serve three years and has seven suspended. Judge Austin also ordered Rogers to pay $1.7 million in restitution. The sentencing follows Rogers' guilty plea in March in which he admitted to using his clients' investment money in a Ponzi scheme. The plea included one count of securities fraud. According to authorities, Rogers took more than $2.5 million from his investors and was using the money for his personal expenses and using funds from new clients to pay back earlier clients in classic Ponzi fashion. According to Madison County Assistant District Attorney Jay Town, Rogers' clients included former University of Alabama running back Kenneth Darby. According to FINRA's BrokerCheck, Rogers has been permanently barred from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with firms that sell securities to [...]