Kenneth Starr, a New York investment adviser with a long list of celebrity clients (not to be confused with the Ken Starr who prosecuted Clinton), was was arrested by U.S. agents on Thursday on charges of running an alleged investment fraud– more specifically a Ponzi scheme– of as much as $30 million. According to Reuters, both civil and criminal charges were filed against Starr, 65, accusing him of swindling his high net worth clients through Starr Investment Advisers and Starr & Co. The civil charges also name his wife, Diane Passage, and Colcave LLC, another firm Starr controlled, as defendants in civil charges filed by the SEC.

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