that month, retired businessman allan ehrlich follows up on a tip to check i.m.a. out. >> i read all the paperwork, i called people for references, and everything checked. >> narrator: unfortunately, his million is the last money invested with i.m.a. in atlanta, everything is about to go down the drain. investors who want payments are getting the runaround. >> throughout the month of january, unfortunately, kirk gave me excuse after excuse of his business -- that it was year-end, they were putting together all their tax information, that the operations had a lot of ongoing activity. >> narrator: a key group of investors -- retired and current nfl players -- band together to demand their money. kirk wright stonewalls them. >> mr. wright told the players, "you'll get your money next month. oh, i've had a problem with the banks, it'll be the next month." and then finally in february, they realized they probably weren't gonna get their money. >> narrator: on february 17th, the players go to court. a judge quickly freezes i.m.a.'s assets. 10 days later, the securities a