April 22, 2026
A childhood friend of the founder and former CEO of Dallas-based financial services firm Beneficient on Wednesday told a Manhattan federal jury that he fabricated email correspondence and signed documents misstating his time as head of what prosecutors say was a shell company used to pull off a $100 million fraud.
April 21, 2026
Counsel for the founder of Beneficient on Tuesday told a Manhattan federal jury that the founder of the Dallas-based financial services firm did not defraud its onetime business partner GWG Holdings out of more than $100 million, saying a group of former insiders are trying to scapegoat the executive for GWG's downfall.
February 10, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge said Tuesday that a Texas financial services executive accused of a $150 million fraud cannot claim privilege over documents that he prepared using an artificial intelligence service and sent to his attorneys — but suggested the materials could be problematic if used at trial.
November 04, 2025
The former CEO of Texas financial services firm Beneficient allegedly created a fraudulent scheme to loot more than $150 million from now defunct GWG Holdings, a publicly traded company for which he served as chairman, according to a New York federal grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday.