A retired Galesburg nurse convicted of participating in a Ponzi scheme won’t have to report to federal prison until this summer.
71-year-old Reva Stachniw was sentenced in February to six years in prison for her roles in a cattle-trading Ponzi scheme that resulted in millions of dollars in victim losses.
Initially, the Chief Federal Judge for the District of Colorado ordered her to report to federal prison on Mar. 14.
Stachniw filed a motion to delay her report date which the government had no objections to, and now she won’t have to report to Pekin Federal Correctional Institute until July 1.
Stachniw is asking for the delay to receive medical treatments including scheduled surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome:
Court documents from Stachniw’s attorneys say she also suffers from conditions like hypothyroidism, high blood pressure, vertigo, and degenerative scoliosis.
Additionally, they argue that Stachniw’s husband is scheduled to have spinal surgery on Mar. 14th and will require months of recuperation.
Both Stachniw and 59-year-old Ron Throgmartin of Buford, Georgia were convicted at trial of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, five counts of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
