The Kansas City Chiefs player invested in Swiftarc Capital, which was run by convicted fraudster Siddharth Jawahar.

Travis Kelce named in court as a victim in multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme

The Kansas City Chiefs player invested in Swiftarc Capital, which was run by convicted fraudster Siddharth Jawahar.

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- Travis Kelce was listed as a victim in a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.

- Kelce was an investor in convicted fraudster Siddharth Jawahar’s Swiftarc Capital.

- Jawahar was ordered to serve 11 years in prison and pay victims over $30 million in restitution.

Travis Kelce has been named as a victim in a fraud case that swindled people out of over $30 million.

Kelce was an investor in Swiftarc Capital, which was co-founded by Siddharth Jawahar. The Justice Department announced that Jawahar, 38, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of wire fraud.

During the sentencing hearing, Kelce was listed as one of Jawahar’s victims, according to KMOV.

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** has reached out to legal representatives for Kelce and the Department of Justice for comment.

According to a 2021 *Forbes** *article, Kelce invested in Swiftarc alongside fellow athletes including NBA stars Gary Harris, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Mason Plumlee.

From July 2016 to December 2023, Jawahar allegedly took $35 million from investors while only investing $10 million. Prosecutors accused him of running a Ponzi scheme, using “money from new investors to repay older investors and to fuel an extravagant lifestyle.”

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Jawahar put 99 percent of his clients’ money in a single investment, Philip Morris Pakistan, according to the Justice Department. When the value of the company declined, he did not inform investors and falsely claimed that they were profiting off of multiple investments.

Jawahar has been ordered to pay $31.35 million in restitution to his victims.

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