SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California investment adviser has pleaded guilty to securities fraud for bilking elderly residents in a $6 million Ponzi scheme.
Federal prosecutors in Orange County say 58-year-old Richard Nickles is facing a 25-year prison term when he's sentenced Aug. 8.
The owner of Santa Ana's Innovative Advisory Services pleaded guilty Wednesday to a count of mail fraud and a count of securities fraud, both of them felonies.
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