Two men accused of defrauding nearly 100 investors of millions of dollars
Aug. 18—Darin R. Pastor lived a lavish lifestyle.
He purchased a
Pastor allegedly spent
He and a partner,
Their audacious lies, according to prosecutors, stretched around the world, from a purported deal to buy livestock from companies in
A gas-to-liquid-fuel plant peddled to investors with annual
On Wednesday, Pastor, 51, now living in
Pastor, whose family for decades owned the
The scheme defrauded 95 investors, with individual losses as high as
The fraud began in
From then through
Beginning in
Ninety-four investors accepted the stock buyback offer, but none had received any money by the
Partial payments were made from February to
The indictment was the result of an investigation by the FBI. Pastor and Johnson were arraigned by
In
The victim said he lifted her shirt beyond her shoulder on a small aircraft in flight after appearing intoxicated. The incident was witnessed by a flight attendant, who reprimanded him, according to a criminal complaint filed in
The victim said that after her boyfriend went to the restroom, he then began touching her multiple times and exhorting her to leave her boyfriend for him.
After Pastor suddenly expressed remorse, the flight attendant moved him to the back of the plane and notified the captain of what happened. When the plane landed, the complaint said, Pastor was removed by police officers.
He was eventually placed on probation. Among the leniency letters attesting to Pastor's character and good deeds was one from Johnson.
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