14 Facts About Don Lapre

Donald D Lapre was an American multi-level marketing and infomercial salesman.

Don Lapre's work involved product packages such as "The Greatest Vitamin in the World" and "Making Money Secrets".

In June 2011, Don Lapre was charged with 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and promotional money laundering related to his Internet businesses.

Don Lapre was arrested on June 24,2011, for failing to appear in court to face these charges.

Don Lapre died on October 2,2011, while in jail awaiting trial.

Don Lapre then began selling a 36-page booklet explaining how to recover a Federal Housing Administration insurance refund after paying off a home mortgage.

In 1992, Lapre began broadcasting The Making Money Show with Don Lapre, which suggested that viewers could make money as easily as he had.

The principal product was Don Lapre's "Money Making Secrets", a package of booklets, tapes, and common-sense tips for placing ads and operating a 900-number business.

Don Lapre later began broadcasting infomercials for "The Greatest Vitamin in the World".

Federal prosecutors accused Don Lapre of bilking more than 220,000 victims out of nearly $52 million.

Don Lapre was charged with 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, promotional money laundering, and transactional money laundering.

On June 27,2011, Don Lapre was arrested in Tempe, Arizona, at a Life Time Fitness center, where he had reportedly lived for two days, with serious self-inflicted knife wounds to his groin.

The wounds led authorities to believe Don Lapre had attempted suicide while at Life Time Fitness by attempting to sever the femoral artery in his legs.

Don Lapre was found dead on October 2,2011, while in jail awaiting his trial, which was scheduled to begin on October 4,2011.