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| Scamming LRPD cop Scottie Lackland |
A press release from the Arkansas Attorney General caught our attention today as it mentioned a mercenary LRPD cop being involved with his family in duping folks out of their hard earned money during a medical pandemic...
Says, ‘Don’t be fooled by testimonials that these schemes work’
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced the first step in a law enforcement sweep against illegal pyramid schemes organized and operated in Arkansas. The State has filed lawsuits in Faulkner and Saline Counties alleging Defendants represented to consumers that they could earn a 700% return on investment and “bless” their communities by joining a “Blessing Loom” board and recruiting others to do the same. No products or services were offered in exchange for the payment, only the opportunity to earn money. But, when new participants stopped joining and the pyramids’ organizers started using consumers’ money as their own, consumers lost every dollar contributed and unwittingly participated in illegal pyramid schemes.
“These lawsuits demonstrated that we will not stand by while con artists use deceptive tactics to dupe consumers into get-rich-quick schemes,” said Attorney General Rutledge. “As scam artists find new ways to exploit consumers’ economic fears during the coronavirus pandemic, my office will tirelessly work to hold these bad actors accountable for swindling Arkansans out of their money with promises of large payouts and community goodwill. Remember, when people pay a fee for the opportunity to earn money simply by recruiting others into a program, those people are likely involved in an illegal pyramid scheme. Don’t be fooled by testimonials that these schemes work.”
Rutledge’s suit filed in Faulkner County
alleges the Lackland family violated the Arkansas Deceptive Trade
Practices Act (ADTPA) by organizing and operating a pyramid scheme they
called “Passionate Minds Circle of Wealth.” Within eight months, more
than $320,000 was deposited into separate bank accounts held by Scottie
Lackland and his wife Valentina from Marion, their adult daughter Sydney
Lackland from Marion, and their son Scottie D. Lackland II from Conway,
who is also employed as a Little Rock Police Officer. Consumers were
encouraged to join with a $500 “gift” that would grow into a $4,000
“blessing” in just 28 days, but, instead, the Lacklands converted
consumers’ money and used it to pay off their debt, bolster their
savings accounts, and purchase luxury goods and services, including
plastic surgery.
The lawsuit give specific details of LRPD cop Lackland's involvement in the criminal enterprise.
Lackland's bank records were included as exhibits in the lawsuit.
More than half of all LRPD officers refuse to live in the city of Little Rock and be a true part of our community. Those are mercenary officers.
