I would say the victims in the Pegasus case were financial suicides. Com'on, Knabb claimed to have practically invented wifi. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Sure, Knabb should go to jail, but such investors would have simply lost their money on some other scheme, if they couldn't recognize such a whopper of a fraud as was Knabb!
In the future, scrutinize any and every management as though your life depended on it, because your money sure will.
Finally, is it a Nevada or Wyoming corporation? Run and don't look back.