Mezvinsky's father (Chelsea's father in law) is a former politician who was later convicted of running a wide variety of investment scams. He was convicted of cheating investors out of $10 million and served 5 years in prison. Based on what I can find, it appears that he still owes most of that money as restitution to his victims. Meanwhile, his son and Chelsea live in a $10.5 million Manhattan apartment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mezvinsky
<Beginning in the early 1990s, Mezvinsky used a wide variety of 419 scams. According to a federal prosecutor, Mezvinsky conned using "just about every different kind of African-based scam we’ve ever seen."[10] The scams promise that the victim will receive large profits, but first a small down payment is required. To raise the funds needed to front the money for the fraudulent investment schemes he was being offered, Mezvinsky tapped his network of former political contacts and dropping the name of the Clinton family to convince unwitting marks to give him money.[11]
In March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to 31 of 69 felony charges of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud.[12] Nearly $10 million was involved in the crimes. Shortly after his indictment, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but the judge at his trial disallowed a mental illness defense.[5] He served his time at Federal Prison Camp, Eglin.[13] Mezvinsky, Federal Bureau of Prisons # 55040-066, was released in April 2008.[14] He remained on federal probation until 2011, and as of 2010 still owed $9.4 million in restitution to his victims.>
The swindler tried to get Bill Clinton to pardon him before he even went on trial.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/clinton-bill-hillary-chelsea-mezvinsky-pardon-218632
<"I have real reason to believe that without a pardon, charges will be brought against me in the very near future, and that I will then be faced with a long and difficult process of defending myself, and ultimately the prospect of a long prison term," Mezvinsky wrote. "I am humbled and saddened at having sullied my reputation and that of my family, and having disappointed the many honorable and decent people who had confidence in me. I am prepared to try to make amends as best I can.">
The elder Mezvinsky even swindled his wife's elderly mother out of $300,000.
<Margolies -Mezvinsky's decision to back her then-husband's request for a pardon seems generous in light of some of the facts of the case. Her elderly mother, Mildred Margolies, was one of those Mezvinsky was eventually charged with swindling. The indictment claims he transferred more than $300,000 from his mother-in-law's brokerage accounts for his own use.
The Mezvinskys divorced in 2007 while he was serving his sentence. Some of the restitution he owes remains unpaid.>
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