Texas financial advisor gets life in fraud scheme that led to friend’s death, police say
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Ashley was a registered nurse who began working as a financial advisor and life insurance agent. He stole more than
He promised his clients he would invest their money in financial products, but used the money to for other reasons including to help keep his struggling brewery business alive, pay personal debts, and to “fund a lavish lifestyle,” police said.
In
Ashley transferred Seegan’s funds into his own accounts and changed the beneficiary of Seegan’s life insurance policy to a trust Ashley controlled, according to the release.
The scheme resulted in the 2020 death of Seegan, which Ashley staged to look like a suicide, police said in the release. He was arrested and charged with murder in
The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office may continue pursuing state murder charges, according to police.
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