17 Facts About Nevin Shapiro

Nevin Karey Shapiro was born on April 13,1969 and is a convicted felon who received a 20-year prison sentence for orchestrating a $930 million Ponzi scheme.

Nevin Shapiro allegedly provided football players cash, goods, prostitutes, and assorted favors.

Nevin Shapiro was born in Brooklyn on April 13,1969, to a Jewish family and moved with his family to Miami Beach, Florida at an early age.

Nevin Shapiro graduated in 1986 from Miami Beach Senior High School.

Nevin Shapiro, who is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, was a member of the school's basketball and wrestling teams.

Nevin Shapiro started Capitol Investments USA, which he claimed bought wholesale groceries and shipped them to more expensive markets, although he said that he never actually sold the groceries.

Nevin Shapiro promised investors they would make 10 to 26 percent commissions every month.

Nevin Shapiro allegedly rented his yacht to NBA players Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade, and Kevin Garnett and pledged $150,000 to the University of Miami to have his name placed on the student lounge.

Nevin Shapiro was transferred from federal prison to home confinement on June 11,2020, where he will continue to serve out the remainder of his 20-year sentence under monitoring by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Nevin Shapiro, who was 51 at the time, was aided by having served over 50 percent of his sentence, while demonstrating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypertension, both of which put him at a higher risk of life-threatening complication if he were to contract coronavirus.

Nevin Shapiro was transferred to the home of a family member.

Nevin Shapiro will be monitored electronically by the Bureau of Prisons and subject to a range of the bureau's guidelines, which included a ban on the consumption of alcohol, random drug testing, and a monitored walking radius near the residence, and other criteria.

Nevin Shapiro will be required to wear an ankle monitor at all times.

Nevin Shapiro will be eligible to hold a job, although any work would require approval through the bureau and his earnings will be garnished to repay remaining restitution to his victims.

In 2002, Nevin Shapiro paid $1.5 million for a 30 percent stake in a sports management company called Axcess Sports, founded by Michael Huyghue.

Nevin Shapiro was reported to have spent $2 million from 2002 to 2010 boosting University of Miami sports, primarily football, but included contact with the basketball team under Frank Haith.

Nevin Shapiro's attorney used her subpoena power in the bankruptcy case to question two witnesses who were crucial to the NCAA's case.