Overview
- Brian Garry Sewell, 54, received 36 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to wire fraud.
- He was ordered to pay more than $3.6 million in restitution to victims and additional restitution to the Department of Homeland Security.
- Prosecutors say he took over $2.9 million from at least 17 investors by fabricating credentials and touting a non‑existent hedge fund.
- In a separate scheme, he operated Rockwell Capital Management as an unlicensed money‑transmitting business that converted more than $5.4 million in bulk cash to cryptocurrency for third parties, including people tied to fraud and drug trafficking.
- The prison term runs concurrently with a related sentence, and the case followed a multi‑agency probe alongside an earlier SEC settlement requiring disgorgement and a civil penalty.