Las Vegas man pleads guilty in lucrative telemarketing scam

NEW YORK CITY, New York: A Las Vegas man, Richard Zeitlin, 54, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, admitting to a telemarketing scam that misled donors into contributing tens of millions of dollars to what they believed were charities.

In reality, the funds were funneled into political action committees (PACs) or Zeitlin's own companies.

From 2017 to 2020, Zeitli