It’s one of the biggest criminal investigations in Nevada history, and yet more than six years after the FBI began looking into allegations of the sweeping scheme to take over valley homeowners associations, the public still doesn’t have the full story of how the scheme unfolded. The high-profile investigation — which overcame allegations of leaks to defendants and the suicides of a defendant and a key target — remains mired in secrecy.
Justice is also moving slowly in the case. More than two-dozen defendants who pleaded guilty, many more than two years ago, are still waiting to be sentenced. And a year after former construction company boss Leon Benzer, the accused mastermind of the scheme, and 10 others were indicted, there is no foreseeable trial date. Read more: