7th Circuit Won’t Reassess Choice To Prioritize Individuals In Ponzi Liquidation

( January 13, 2026, 1:27 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc filed by a loan servicer after the panel affirmed an Illinois federal judge’s decision to award priority to individual investors to receive proceeds from the liquidation of assets related to a Ponzi scheme....