Based on a joint investigation conducted by the Office of Financial Institutions, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Nevada Securities Division, Evers Harris of Scottsdale, Arizona was indicted on May 6, 2010, by a federal grand jury in Baton Rouge on eight counts of mail fraud.  Harris is accused of bilking $500,000 from 86 investors in Baton Rouge, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and New York through his company Harris Investments LLC.  According to the indictment, Harris promised investors they would earn between 20 percent and 40 percent interest on their money and that their investments were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.