The Associated Press reports:
A federal receiver is on the hunt to recover $140 million lost in an alleged Ponzi scheme that benefited some Republicans in the top ranks of their party in Georgia and Alabama. He’s looking to claw back funds, including almost 1,000 political donations totaling more than $1 million, that often backed far-right Republican insurgents.
Some of these same politicians say they too lost money, but others left holding the bag for First Liberty Building & Loan are rank-and-file conservatives, swayed by talk show pundits who promoted it as an opportunity for Christians and “America First MAGA patriots.”
Brant Frost IV [photo], an evangelical powerbroker, touted “Wall Street returns for Main Street investors.” But he skimmed $17 million for himself, his relatives and their affiliated companies, and loaned millions more that borrowers never repaid, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit claims.
Read the full article. My first report on this is here. Hit the link for more from wailing cultists who say they’ve lost their life savings. The cultist wailing below organized the pre-riot rally on January 6.
How an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting Republicans left investors and politicians reeling #gapol #alpolitics #mepoliticshttps://t.co/ZJJTH0y1Fv pic.twitter.com/9662ZvQ0Ma
— Jeff Amy (@jeffamy) August 2, 2025
An @AJC analysis shows the Frost family and its companies made more than $1 million in campaign contributions before federal authorities stepped in.https://t.co/6Zl3AuwPZj
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) July 27, 2025
My @wsbtv latest: I spoke to a 93-year old GA man who invested $1.3 million in First Liberty Building & Loan – the GA company alleged by @SECGov to be a $140 million Ponzi scheme – $$ allegedly siphoned to GOP political donations & luxury jewelry & cars https://t.co/mXCpQAN3Aj
— Justin Gray (@JustinGrayWSB) July 28, 2025
UPDATE: Where are all the people who swore Brant Frost IV was the only one involved in First Liberty’s $140 million Ponzi scheme?
Because his son, Brant Frost V, former GAGOP Vice Chair and current Coweta GOP Chair, is now under subpoena too. And let’s not forget that he… https://t.co/wTTavCVfXT pic.twitter.com/RuT8PTkzXK
— Kylie Jane Kremer (@KylieJaneKremer) July 25, 2025
🚨 While 300 Christian conservatives were being defrauded out of their life savings…
The Frost family, of First Liberty’s $140 million Ponzi Scheme, was blowing $230,000+ to rent a luxury estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, every August (2019-2024), across the street from the Bush… pic.twitter.com/tNbYyDIjKv
— Kylie Jane Kremer (@KylieJaneKremer) July 18, 2025
🚨 MADOFFS OF GEORGIA UPDATE:
Now that it’s widely known the FBI has seized control of the Frost family’s First Liberty Building & Loan, the fallout is just beginning and it’s no longer just a Frost family problem. This is a full-blown Georgia Republican Party crisis.Investor… https://t.co/J0lROcOtdW pic.twitter.com/u2dmxG2Sop
— Kylie Jane Kremer (@KylieJaneKremer) July 1, 2025