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Top-Name Music Promoter Charged In $300M Fraud To Face Judge

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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) —   A former top-name music promoter accused of operating his company as a $300 million Ponzi scheme is set to appear in front of a South Florida judge on Friday.

Jack Utsick was scheduled for arraignment Friday afternoon on mail fraud charges.

Utsick was extradited last month from Brazil, where he fled in 2006 amid investigations by the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission. After a lengthy court battle, Brazil ordered his extradition in August, and he was flown to Miami in early December.

Utsick ran Worldwide Entertainment Inc., which produced concerts by acts such as the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Aerosmith and many others. Authorities say he paid new investors with money from older ones, defrauding an estimated 3,300 investors out of nearly $300 million.

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