Saga of alleged Shreveport fraudster continues

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A grand jury indicted David deBerardinis on 13 new charges: six counts of mail fraud, four counts of wire fraud and singular counts of bank fraud, false statement to a bank and money laundering. The new indictment was filed in court March 29.

Prosecutors are also forcing deBerardinis to forfeit assets, including the following:

A 1982 British Aerospace HS 125-700A, a twin-engine, mid-size business jet. The airplane is registered to the Double D Transit Co. LLC at 1915 E. 70th St. in Shreveport.

A sum of personal money equal to the money deBerardinis is accused in the federal charges of getting "directly or indirectly" through illegal activities.

A life insurance policy valued at about $203,000.

Money from several bank accounts totaling nearly $114,000

A 2014 Chevrolet Silverado.

A 2015 GMC Sierra.

Property at 300 Brookmeade Drive, a house in the Pierremont Park Subdivision. Zillow estimatesthat the 4,080-square-foot, four-bedroom house would sell for $623,000.

deBerardinis' lawyer, James Boren of Baton Rouge, was not immediately available for comment.

deBeraradinis was originally indicted in January on four counts of wire fraud and one count of attempted bank fraud.

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To recap, this guy is accused of running a long con to the tune of nearly $100MM. Among his more colorful escapades is allegedly hiring a makeup artist to diguise him as an Orthodox Jew in order to scam some New York investors.

IIRC he was an LSU DKE. Whether pledge or active I don't know.