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16 Aug 2019, 5:00 am by eileen peck
The man used the money to fund a larger Ponzi scheme, and to pay for extravagant personal expenses. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 8:05 am by Mark Maddox
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Provident with civil fraud last summer, accusing the company and various top executives of operating a $485 million Ponzi scheme allegedly involving phony oil and gas securities. [read post]
24 Jun 2015, 8:28 am by Adam Nicolazzo
., a FINRA broker-dealer, has been indicted and held on $2 million bond on securities fraud charges, where it was reported that he took investors’ money to pay for personal expenses and repay other investors, a classic Ponzi scheme scenario. [read post]
27 Dec 2017, 12:32 pm by Andrew Stoltmann
Fackrell pleaded guilty to a $1.4 million ponzi scheme, and has many pending and future claims against the firm because of his misconduct. [read post]
11 Apr 2009, 7:48 am
Just as the Madoff fiasco has led the SEC to announce prosecution of operators of Ponzi schemes, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, has ramped up prosecutions for commodities fraud. [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 3:46 pm
., the parent company of the brokerage firm Securities America, has agreed to pay $27 million to settle claims brought by the firm's customers who purchased private placement investments in Medical Capital and Provident Royalties, two companies which were accused of engaging in a Ponzi scheme by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). [read post]
1 Nov 2019, 5:00 am by eileen peck
Shapiro, who purchased high-end real estate in Los Angeles County, pleaded guilty in August to operating a Ponzi scheme. [read post]
21 Oct 2009, 11:15 am
The government alleges that Merrick and TIRN operated a $22 million Ponzi scheme, raising money from thousands of unsuspecting investors. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 11:42 am by Mary Todd
The complaint also charges Onsa with misappropriating customer funds by using the funds of more recent pool participants to pay certain older pool participants, like a typical Ponzi scheme.This action comes as part of the CFTC’s recent sweep of enforcement actions as the agency begins to harness its increased enforcement power under the recent Dodd-Frank legislation. [read post]
17 Dec 2015, 11:32 am by Beth Mole
In what the Department of Justice terms “Ponzi-like” schemes, Shkreli allegedly defrauded investors of two former hedge funds he managed and misappropriated $11 million in assets from the biopharmaceutical company he once headed, Retrophin, all in the course of about five years. [read post]
27 Dec 2010, 3:55 pm by jefhenninger
A Massachusetts man is accused defrauding more than 50 people by  running a Ponzi-style scheme with their $9.6 million. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 10:46 am
("Med Cap"), an alleged Ponzi scheme, raised approximately $2.2 billion from investors between 2003 and 2008. [read post]
14 Oct 2009, 4:05 pm
Two victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme have sued the Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging that the agency was negligent in performing its duties to protect investors. [read post]
16 Oct 2009, 2:52 am
The plaintiffs contended, among other things, that the managing member of a securities fund “perpetrated a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme” that defrauded hundreds of investors out of more than $130 million. 2009 WL 2579307, at *2. [read post]
1 Apr 2009, 6:09 am
  Four months later it was revealed that the Agape was actual a “Ponzi scheme” and insolvent. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 9:28 am
Mary Wong's Ponzi scheme involved convincing investors they were investing in real estate across Arizona, Tennessee and Michigan, as well as Gallup bonds. [read post]
20 Dec 2008, 11:58 pm
Had the economic good times remained, Bernie Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme would have never been revealed. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 8:30 am by structuredsettlements
Watch John Darer's video podcast on Legal Broadcast Network on the subject of Rosi Ray, the Beverly Hills "Bag Lady" who was indicted on December 1, 2010 for allegedly fleecing investors of $11... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]