Monroe Beachy charged with defrauding Amish community out of $16.8 million. Sept. 15, 2011— -- Monroe Beachy, a 77-year-old Amish man accused of running a Madoff-like Ponzi scheme, was charged ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) – An Amish man who managed investments for members of his religious community in 29 states was sentenced to more than six years in prison Wednesday for defrauding them out of ...

(AP) A man has admitted defrauding fellow Amish in 29 states out of nearly $17 million. Seventy-seven-year-old Monroe L. Beachy changed his plea to guilty Thursday in federal court. The judge ordered ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio has sentenced a man to more than six years in prison for defrauding fellow Amish in 29 states out of nearly $17 million. The sentencing Wednesday comes ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man is set to be sentenced for defrauding fellow Amish in 29 states out of nearly $17 million. A judge in Youngstown will sentence 77-year-old Monroe L. Beachy on ...