Investment resentment: Local businessman accused of cheating people with loans, stopping payments

Source ABC Local
Original Load Date May 13, 2026, 11 p.m.
Last Updated May 13, 2026, 11 p.m.
Original URL https://abc7chicago.com/post/investment-resentment-chicago-area-businessman-brandon-mr-finance-ellington-accused-cheating-people-large-loans/19094938/

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team is investigating a local businessman accused of cheating people out of tens of thousands of dollars. The Illinois Attorney General's Office has received several complaints about Brandon Ellington, also known as "Brandon Mr. Finance." In those complaints, he's accu...