Brad Heppner Indictment: Beneficient Founder and Ex‑GWG Chair Arrested—What We Know Today (Nov. 6, 2025)
What happened and why it matters Federal prosecutors allege that between 2018 and 2021, while he chaired GWG Holdings and led Beneficient, Heppner created a $141 million “debt” on Beneficient’s books supposedly owed to HCLP—an entity they say he controlled. GWG then authorized transfers that ultimately sent more than $150 million to Heppner through HCLP, according to the indictment. Prosecutors say the funds helped finance personal expenses, including renovations to a Dallas residence and work on an East Texas ranch. Department of Justice+1 The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced Tuesday that Heppner had been