Siddharth Jawahar
Sid Jawahar is a former hedge fund manager and co-founder of Swiftarc Capital, a Texas-based investment firm he established in 2010. He is best known for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme in which he misappropriated over $35 million from investors, using funds to repay earlier investors and finance a lavish personal lifestyle. He pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in January 2026 and was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison, with $31.35 million in restitution ordered.
“Swiftarc Ventures wasn't just a bogus shell. It hired a real staff and backed startups in sectors like beauty and wellness. But a lot of its money also went to repay Swiftarc Capital investors, plus to fund Jawahar's lavish lifestyle.”
“there were early red flags on Sid, and soon he seemed to push Siamc to the side”
“Jawahar in 2015 began investing almost all Swiftarc investor monies into a single company, Philip Morris Pakistan”
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