USA v. LAFORTE, et al.
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October 24, 2025
Par Funding CEO's Wife Gets 1-Day Jail Term, $1.7M Penalty
The wife of Par Funding founder and convicted fraudster Joseph LaForte has been sentenced to one day in prison and a nearly $1.7 million penalty after pleading guilty to a charge related to evading taxes.
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June 02, 2025
Ex-Par Funding CFO Sentenced To 5½ Years, Must Pay $303M
Joseph Cole Barleta, the last of the triumvirate behind the $404 million Par Funding investment scam to be sentenced, was handed a 66-month prison term Monday, along with a staggering $303 million restitution order.
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May 28, 2025
$8M Penalty Sought In Par Funding Exec's Racketeering Case
A cash advance company's ex-financial officer, who once worked as both an accountant and a competitive food eater, should pay $8 million to the federal government after admitting he helped run a $404 million racketeering scheme, federal prosecutors told a Pennsylvania court.
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April 29, 2025
Par Funding Accountant Cops To Helping Hide $20M From IRS
A Colorado accountant pled guilty to abetting the former CEO of now-defunct small-business lending firm Par Funding in concealing over $20 million in income from the Internal Revenue Service, prosecutors announced.
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March 26, 2025
Par Funding's Ex-CEO Gets 15½ Years For Racketeering, Fraud
Par Funding ex-CEO Joseph LaForte was sentenced to 15½ years in prison Wednesday for his role in running a $404 million racketeering conspiracy that prosecutors said involved him bilking the cash advance business's investors and threatening its borrowers with violence if they didn't pay up.
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March 14, 2025
Par Funding Conspirator Gets 11 Years For Fraud, Atty Assault
A Pennsylvania federal judge has sentenced Par Funding principal James "Jimmy" LaForte to 11 years and four months in prison for helping his family run a $404 million racketeering conspiracy and violently assaulting Par Funding receivership's court-appointed counsel in a position prosecutors described as the loan company's "loyal attack dog."
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January 17, 2025
Par Funding's Fraud Caused $288M In Losses, Pa. Judge Says
Par Funding caused $288 million in losses stemming from a scheme to defraud investors who poured money into its cash advance business, a Pennsylvania federal judge said Friday, days after holding an evidentiary hearing where the government and the defendants sparred over dueling loss amounts.
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January 13, 2025
Feds Say Par Funding Fraud Caused $404M In Losses
Prosecutors and defense attorneys spent hours in a marathon hearing Monday trying to convince a Pennsylvania judge of how much financial damage they thought the principals of the Par Funding merchant lending business did by allegedly fleecing investors, with the government pushing for a $404 million figure.
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October 16, 2024
3rd Par Funding Exec Admits To Racketeering In $100M Scam
The last member of the triumvirate behind Par Funding, a cash advance company that federal prosecutors say bilked investors out of $100 million, pleaded guilty to racketeering in Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday, just weeks before he was scheduled to stand trial.
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September 11, 2024
Philly Loan Biz Brothers Admit To $100M Investment Scam
The two brothers helming Philadelphia's Par Funding cash advance company admitted to reaping $100 million through an investment fraud scheme that could land them each over a decade in prison, Philadelphia's top federal prosecutor announced.