ATM Network Ponzi Scheme Lawsuit

Attention investors of Daryl F. Heller and his companies, Prestige Investment Group, LLC and Paramount Management Group:

The SEC has charged them with operating a large ATM Network Ponzi Scheme that led to hundreds of millions in investor losses.

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Pennsylvania Investment Firms Operated Ponzi Scheme

Seeger Weiss is investigating claims of investor losses in a multi-year ATM Network Investment Ponzi Scheme operated by Prestige Investment Group and Paramount Management Group in Pennsylvania.

If you were the victim of the Pennsylvania Ponzi scheme operated by Daryl Heller, you may be eligible for compensation.

Pennsylvania Investment Firms Operated Ponzi Scheme

You may be eligible for compensation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges for Daryl F. Heller of Pennsylvania and his companies, Prestige Investment Group, LLC and Paramount Management Group, LLC, for operating a multi-year $770 million Ponzi scheme that resulted in investor losses of approximately $400 million.

Heller has been accused of misrepresenting his firms as operating a nationwide ATM network for which investors would receive monthly distributions. The payments were represented to investors as originating from profit made from ATM transaction fees and other charges when people used ATMs.

Early investors believed they were paid from ATM profits as promised but were reportedly paid using money from new investors and short-term loans. Heller may have misappropriated $185 million for personal reasons including the purchase of a beach house and other risky businesses.

Criminal charges have been filed against Daryl Heller and his companies Prestige Investment Group and Paramount Management Group in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Ponzi Scheme Leads to Massive Financial Loss for Pennsylvania Investors

A Ponzi scheme is an investment scam that offers high returns with little risk. It is focused on recruiting new investors and often uses early investors to enlist their friends, family members and acquaintances.

Rather than actual business profits, a Ponzi scheme uses money from new investors to pay earlier investors, in order to keep additional money flowing into the pockets of the owners of an investment group. Once recruitment of new investors becomes unsustainable, most participants lose the money they invested.

The Ponzi scheme involving Prestige Investment Group and Paramount Management Group may have bilked up to $400 million from its investors.

If you were an investor in the ATM fee profit plan, you may have faced significant financial loss by becoming an unwilling participant in a Ponzi scheme.

If you were the victim of a Ponzi Scheme operated by Daryl Heller and his Pennsylvania investment firms, Prestige Investment Group and Paramount Management Group, you may be eligible for compensation.

Contact us today for a free case evaluation.

Source:

SEC Charges Pennsylvania Resident and His Companies with $770 Million Ponzi Scheme, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (09/2025)

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