**The head of ex-Everton takeover suitors 777 Partners has been charged with fraud.**
Josh Wander led the consortium which failed to gets its agreement with erstwhile majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri over the line in the 2023/24 season.
Wander and his 777 colleagues regularly attended games at Goodison Park during the protracted saga, which was [finally curtailed by the Blues](https://www.clickliverpool.com/sport/everton-fc/53124-everton-assessing-all-options-after-777-partners-failure-farhad-moshiri/) after nine-months.
The investment group held shares in a number of European and worldwide clubs but has seen them all sold off by its creditor A-CAP as part of its debt management.
But Wander is now facing fresh charges in the United States after allegedly using fake documents to inflate 777’s finances in attempts to attract fresh investors.
Federal prosecutors in Miami have also charged the 44-year-old with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud in addition of one count of wire fraud.
If found guilty, each charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
“Wander used his investment firm, 777 Partners, to cheat private lenders and investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars by pledging assets that his firm did not own, falsifying bank statements, and making other material misrepresentations about 777’s financial condition,” said US attorney Jay Clayton.
Wander’s lawyer Jordan Estes denied all the charges, telling Bloomberg that the case were simply ‘a business dispute dressed up as a criminal case’.