Brooklynn Chandler Willy, Investment Fraud Scheme, Texas 2026

A San Antonio woman has pleaded guilty to her role in a Ponzi scheme, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Justin R. Simmons.

BROOKLYNN CHANDLER WILLY, 46, was the owner of a San Antonio-based company named Queen B Advisors LLC, doing business as Texas Financial Advisory (TFA), and Chandler Capital Holdings. Among other services, TFA purported to provide asset management and financial planning services.

At Willy’s recommendation, a married couple invested money into an investment company named Ferrum Capital in March 2018. Ferrum Capital was one of four investment companies allegedly run by co-defendants Joshua Allen and Michael Cox. In May of 2021, Willy again advised the victim couple to invest $500,000 with another Ferrum entity, using Chandler Capital Holdings as the agent to execute and deliver contracts.

Willy used the $500,000 for her own purposes, including personal credit card payments, payments to other investors, and payments to another business owned and controlled by Willy. Willy continued her scheme with additional victims, convincing a separate married couple to invest approximately $2 million dollars in an associate’s company by promising that the investment would be used for the purchase of bad debt and other legitimate investments.

Court documents further indicate Willy conspired with Allen and Cox by giving false information to investors concerning their investment in entities owned and controlled by Allen and Cox. Working with Cox and Allen, Willy convinced numerous investors to invest into a Cox and Allen controlled entity by falsely stating those investments were investments into legitimate business activities.

Defendant: BROOKLYNN CHANDLER WILLY

Criminal Charges: 10 counts of wire fraud, 1 count of wire fraud conspiracy, 1 count of money laundering conspiracy, 1 count of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from the wire fraud scheme, and 1 count of aggravated identity theft

City and State: San Antonio, Texas

Date: Thursday, unknown month/day/year (plea date) and March 2018 (crime date)

Sentence: Willy faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the six wire fraud charges, on the one wire fraud conspiracy charge, and on the one money laundering conspiracy charge. She also faces up to 10 years for engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from the wire fraud scheme and a mandatory minimum of two years in prison for aggravated identity theft.

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