Frederick Darren Berg, seen here in the lower left corner wearing a blue vest and khaki shorts, poses with members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity in front of one of his early charter buses.

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The Screaming Coral, Frederick Darren Berg's 65-foot motor yacht, was just one of two yachts in Berg's illustrious collection. Berg purchased the yacht in 2004 from a Bellevue businessman according to filings in his personal bankruptcy case.

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A photograph of Frederick Darren Berg's pool at his Mercer Island estate. The 5,400-square-foot property boasted four bedrooms, six bathrooms, six fireplaces, and a hot tub, in addition to vast city and mountain views seen here.

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A photograph of Frederick Darren Berg's Mercer Island house and yacht taken by an FBI agent in Lake Washington as part of pre-warrant surveillance.

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Michael Stone was a former chapter advisor and alumni advisor for the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Stone affirms that Frederick

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J.A. Jance is a New York Times best-selling author. She lost approximately $500,000 as a result of Frederick Darren Berg's Ponzi scheme.

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Greg Lamm is a former business writer for the Puget Sounds Business Journal. He chronicled the entirety of Frederick Darren Berg's tenure at Meridian Group. Regarding Berg's eighteen-year prison sentence, Lamm says, "If you're an investor who put your faith into a person that you thought was aboveboard and legitimate and now you're out several hundred thousand dollars worth of money…I think you should ask those people if justice was served."

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The exterior of Frederick Darren Berg's home in Mercer Island. According to U.S. bankruptcy court filings, the house was sold for $5.925 million shortly after Berg's Meridian Mortgage Investor Funds went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Frederick Darren Berg, seen here in the second row towards the left, attends a party amidst colleagues.

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Norman Barbosa is an Assistant United States Attorney who oversaw prosecution in Frederick Darren Berg's criminal case. Berg was sentenced to eighteen years in prison on February 9, 2012.

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Frederick Darren Berg, seen with one of his former MTR Western bus drivers. According to his sister, Berg had a lifelong fascination with buses. The company is now under different ownership.

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