The co-founder of the now-bankrupt "environmentally conscious" digital bank Aspiration who allegedly gave Los

Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard a $28 million endorsement as a way to circumvent the league's salary cap pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to fleece investors out of $248 million.

Joe Sanberg, 46, of Orange, entered his plea in Los Angeles federal court to two counts of wire fraud, felonies that together carry a sentence of up to 40 years behind bars.

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Sentencing was scheduled for Feb. 23.

The Marina del Rey firm sold itself as a socially conscious online banking company, offering investments and focusing on the climate crisis. It also generated and sold carbon credits meant to help offset greenhouse

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