April 25, 2023- LAS VEGAS, NV (KLAS) David Charns— A Las Vegas lawyer accused of running a half-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme will remain in custody pending trial as prosecutors released a letter they said he wrote to the FBI.

A federal judge ordered Matthew Beasley, 50, to remain in custody Monday amid prosecutors’ concerns about public safety, records showed. A magistrate judge ordered Beasley’s release earlier this month, which prosecutors appealed…