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Cases / Lending & cash advance

Christopher Knight Lopez, Jayson Lopez, Nadir Abdel Torres

ReportedFeb 19, 2026
LocationKaty, TX
Amount$17,000,000

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Company / entity
Knight Nguyen Investments, Knight Advisory and Planning, Aevum Holdings Inc., Exempt Management LLC, Ping An Financial Services Pte
Industry
Investment advisory / purported business-lending finance
How investors were recruited
Over 40 victims incl. senior citizens and businesses
Pitch & red flags
forged bank letters and fabricated account statements; claimed access to "$2 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds" to finance loans

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Source

U.S. Department of Justice official

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