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Wrestler turned Ponzi schemer jailed again

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 13 (UPI) -- A former Ohio State wrestler convicted of defrauding investors has been arrested on charges of violating probation by not reporting all financial transactions.

A federal magistrate ordered this week that Dunyasha Yetts, 41, be held pending another hearing, The Columbus Dispatch reported. He was arrested Friday.

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Yetts spent 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to running a supposed investment company, Worldwide Financial Services, that was actually a Ponzi scheme.

His victims included Antoine Winfield, a cornerback with the Minnesota Vikings and former OSU football star, who lost $1.3 million.

As a condition of his probation, Yetts was to pay $1.8 million to eight of his investors. He was arrested in December and given a 60-day sentence for failing to do that.

His most recent arrest came after a probation officer said Yetts transferred $68,000 from an Ameritrade account to a PNC bank account to repay one of his victims. The probation officer said Yetts had not notified the department of either account.

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