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Marty Tirrell Back in Court | Des Moines News
Marty Tirrell, the radio legend turned convicted fraudster, is back in court facing fresh federal wire fraud charges for allegedly running a luxury ticket-flipping Ponzi scheme that stole $1.5 million from investors — a scam eerily similar to his 2021 conviction that landed him in prison for nearly three and a half years. Prosecutors paint him as a master manipulator who lied about elite access to events and big-name sponsors like Geico and American Express, using new investors’ money to pay old ones until the scheme collapsed. The defense counters that investors were aware they were gambling…
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