DOJ charges California fintech executives in $248M fraud involving falsified documents
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Adrianne Appel2025-08-25T15:51:00
The co-founders of a California financial tech and sustainability services company defrauded investors and lenders of $248 million, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
From 2020 to 2025, co-founders and board members of Aspiration Partners Inc., Joseph Neal Sanberg and Ibrahim AlHusseini, obtained $145 million in fraudulent loans in exchange for shares in Aspiration stock, the DOJ said in a press release Thursday. The loans were partially based on “tens of millions” of inflated assets reported to the lenders by AlHusseini. DOJ said.
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