WEST JORDAN — A Utah woman thought she found a perfect investment opportunity that would help her make some side money. But after putting in thousands of dollars for herself, her husband and her daughter, she said she fears all that money is now gone.
“It wasn’t because … I wanted to be rich, or I wanted a nice car. I wanted this because I wanted to help my family,” she told KSL.
She asked that we not use her full name or show her face. We’ll call her Shan.
A big “to-do”
Shan was among the hundreds of people who attended an event put on BG Wealth Sharing, Ltd. this past month at the Mountain America Expo Center. It wasn’t exactly a quiet financial seminar.
“They gave away a Tesla,” she said. “They gave away iPhones, several of them, cash – you name it. It was a pretty big to-do.”
Many of the attendees had bought into BG Wealth Sharing’s sales pitch. They invested money that Shan said…
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