financial fraud. the feds say trevor cook took in $190 million. it s about trust, it s about faith and it s about the people that abused them. a lot of people that invested with them for bible-believing christians. they didn t want wall street or washington. they trusted people here at home. he went after targeted a group of people, their faith in the lord is what they re all about. everything is gone. i ve lost everything. and now i will be 62 in july. it s been rough, really rough. there s no risk. riskless transaction. reporter: cook ran the operation telling investors he had a system to cash in on moves in the foreign currency market.
and now i will be 62 in july. it s been rough. really rough. there s no risk, okay? riskless transaction. reporter: cook ran the operation, telling investors he had a system to cash in on moves in the foreign currency market. cook talked a good game, but it was just an illusion. behind his high-tech office and glossy brochures were a host of shell companies that sounded like global powerhouses. but were nothing of the sort. pat kiely was cook s business parn. he pedalled their scheme on his show, dpfollow the money, broadcast over hundreds of christian radio stations. the only senior economist and senior analyst in the united states that also uses the good book. were christians targeted in a sense, faith-based people were targeted in the frauds?
show he went after and targeted a group of people, their faith in the lord is what they re all about. everything is gone. i ve lost everything, and now i will be 62 in july. it s been rough. really rough. there s no risk. riskless transaction. reporter: cook ran the operation telling investors he had a system to cash in on movinging in the foreign currency market. cook talked a good game but it was just an illusion. behind his high tech office and glossy brochures were a host of shell companies that sounded like global powerhouse us but were nothing of the sort. pat kylie was his business partner. he pedalled on his show and broadcast over hundreds of