TMZ has an article about Kiefer Sutherland getting pulled into some type of Ponzi scheme and conned out of over $800,000. In a nutshell, some guy made Kiefer a quick $130,000 on basically a bogus deal to gain his trust, and then doctored some documents to rip him off on a second deal. Something like that.
According to court documents, obtained by TMZ, Kiefer fronted the suspect -- Michael Wayne Carr -- $550,000 for a cattle deal in 2006 in which Carr claimed he would buy cattle in Mexico and sell them in the U.S. for a profit.
Kiefer told investigators that within 30 days of the initial investment, Carr wired him $685,000 -- a $130,000 profit, according to the documents.
Just a few months later, Kiefer claims Carr approached his financial advisers with a similar deal -- one that required an $869,000 investment.
Kiefer -- who claims he has never met or even spoken with Carr -- told authorities his financial team vetted and approved the deal ... so he was happy to fork over the cash. Kiefer says he never saw a single cent.
Kiefer told investigators that within 30 days of the initial investment, Carr wired him $685,000 -- a $130,000 profit, according to the documents.
Just a few months later, Kiefer claims Carr approached his financial advisers with a similar deal -- one that required an $869,000 investment.
Kiefer -- who claims he has never met or even spoken with Carr -- told authorities his financial team vetted and approved the deal ... so he was happy to fork over the cash. Kiefer says he never saw a single cent.
Being tricked into a deal in which a man you've never met buys cheap cows in Mexico and then sells them in the U.S. is not very smart. If Kiefer's heroic character, Jack Bauer, was anything like he is in real life, the world would've ended 7 seasons ago.
