ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A federal judge in Orlando Thursday ordered the freezing of assets owned by a man accused of operating a $328 million \u201cPonzi scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n
Judge Leslie Hoffman Price ruled that Christopher Alexander Delgado is prohibited from selling or transferring numerous assets outlined in a motion by federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n
Delgado, 34, of Apopka, is charged with wire fraud and money laundering. <\/a>The government alleges that as president and CEO of Goliath Ventures, Delgado operated the scheme from January 2023 through January 2026, paying purported returns to existing investors by using the funds contributed by new investors. He was arrested last month.<\/p>\n The assets at the center of Thursday\u2019s hearing include luxury cars in the United States and Dubai, as well as expensive jewelry. <\/p>\n Prosecutors told the judge they filed the motion to compel Delgado to surrender his assets out of concern that he might liquidate those assets in an attempt to obstruct justice and\/or flee the country.<\/p>\n Price noted that Delgado has already begun cooperating with prosecutors by giving them access to his foreign bank accounts in Dubai. She brought up the growing instability in the Middle East to explain her reservations in having those foreign assets turned over to the U.S. Embassy in Dubai. <\/p>\n Equipped with a GPS ankle monitor, Delgado walked out of the federal courthouse after the hearing, and remained tight-lipped.<\/p>\n \u201cNo comment today,\u201d Delgado said when News 6\u2019s Mike Valente asked about the hearing. \u201cThank you, guys.\u201d<\/p>\n Both the defense and prosecution agreed to exclude three vehicles on the list of assets in question, as they have been turned over to Delgado\u2019s family members. A 2024 Rolls-Royce Ghost, registered to Goliath Ventures and Delgado, has been turned over to the Internal Revenue Service.<\/p>\n Victims who have been identified by law enforcement will be notified directly of their rights pursuant to the Crime Victims\u2019 Rights Act, the release states. Those who believe they may be a victim and have not yet been notified are encouraged to email Goliathvictims@ci.irs.gov<\/a>or to visit the U.S. Justice Department\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A federal judge in Orlando Thursday ordered the freezing of assets owned by a man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[80200,265,1335,139,141,140,24818],"class_list":{"0":"post-180060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-christopher-delgado","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-orange-county","11":"tag-orlando","12":"tag-orlando-headlines","13":"tag-orlando-news","14":"tag-ponzi-scheme"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}