Overview
- Brian Garry Sewell received 36 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, with the term running concurrently with a separate three-year sentence.
- The court ordered more than $3.8 million in restitution, directing payments to investors and the Department of Homeland Security.
- Prosecutors say Sewell misled at least 17 investors between 2017 and 2024, taking over $2.9 million through false claims about his background and investment returns.
- In 2020 he ran Rockwell Capital Management as an unlicensed cash-to-crypto service that converted over $5.4 million, including transactions for criminals tied to fraud and drug trafficking.
- Sewell and Rockwell Capital Management previously settled SEC allegations, paying a $223,229 civil penalty and $1.6 million in disgorgement and interest.