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20 Feb 2012, 1:14 pm
George Elia is reportedly under investigation in Broward County, Florida by the FBI for a an alleged Ponzi scheme. [read post]
17 Oct 2009, 12:53 am by Scott Sagaria
Fremont Bankruptcy Attorney comments on how the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme has landed a Madoff associate in bankruptcy court. [read post]
7 Jan 2020, 9:19 am by Silver Law Group
The unapproved investments are often illegitimate business ventures, or even in Booth’s case, components of a Ponzi scheme. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 7:02 am
Jeweler Luis Felipe Perez was recently charged with perpetrating a $40 million Ponzi scheme and $12 million bank fraud. [read post]
The regulator said it wanted to protect GPB Fund investors from further financial harm in the wake of the Ponzi fraud charges. [read post]
SEC Charges Middlesex Mortgage Group and Masanotti with Running $5.9 Million Ponzi Scheme The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has alleged that unregistered investment adviser John A. Masanotti, Jr. (“Masanotti” of Darien, Connecticut and his company, Middlesex Mortgage Group LLC (“MMG”), with fraud in connection with investments that MMC induced from outside investors, totaling least $5.9 million, beginning in 2016. Many of the MMG investors allegedly liquidated securities they held in retirement accounts to invest in the fund. The SEC Complaint is accessible here. According to the SEC. MMC and Masanotti allegedly used investor money to make Ponzi-like payments to investors and also used some investor funds for Masanotti’s “extravagant personal expenses,” According to the SEC, Masanotti told investors that MMC would invest their money in foreign currencies, securities and initial public offerings, but in fact MMC appears to have made no investments on their behalf. After receiving their initial payments, Masanotti continued to deceive investors to perpetuate the investment scheme, including via payments that purported to be returns on capital invested, the SEC said. Over the course of the scheme, Masanotti allegedly used more than $3 million of Middlesex’s assets for his and his family’s personal benefit, according to the suit. The SEC accuses Masanotti of violating the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. A Ponzi scheme is a purported investment vehicle in which early investors in the scheme are paid funds from later investors, thus creating the illusion of legitimacy and solvency. Ponzi schemes are often doomed to failure once the perpetrator of the scheme can no longer pay out investors through newly raised money. Some warning signs that every investor should remain mindful of when vetting a potential investment and conducting due diligence include the promise of high returns with guarantees of little or no risk; overly consistent returns with little or no volatility in the in
14 Nov 2023, 4:30 pm by InvestorLawyers
SEC Charges Middlesex Mortgage Group and Masanotti with Running $5.9 Million Ponzi Scheme The U.S. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 7:58 pm
Ponzi Scams To succeed, Ponzi schemes need to bring in new clients so that their money that they invest can be used to pay older clients their promised returns. [read post]
26 Mar 2010, 2:29 am by staff@mortgagefraudblog.com
Vaughan, and his company, The Vaughan Company Realtors, New Mexico, have had charges filed against them and have been ordered to halt their $80 million Ponzi scheme. [read post]
13 Jun 2010, 2:15 pm
While Florida seems to be the mecca for Ponzi Schemes, we are seeing more and more of them across the United States and now north of the border. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 4:59 am by Glenn Reynolds
I GET THE BEST INTEREST RATES AT THE PONZI NATIONAL BANK: This Is The Type Of Story That Makes People Freak Out About China’s Underground Banking System. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 11:52 am by Ross Todd
A federal district court judge in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday imposed a longer sentence on the admitted architect of a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme than either the prosecution or defense sought. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 2:11 am by tracey
“A corrupt businessman who masterminded the UK’s biggest Ponzi scam has been jailed for more than 14 years.” Full story BBC News, 8th March 2012 Source: www.bbc.co.uk [read post]
17 Jun 2019, 7:50 pm by Howard Bashman
“U.S. court voids $65 million settlement tied to Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 8:38 pm
"U.S. court decision could force Golf Channel to return Ponzi scheme money": Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 1:01 pm
Former William Morris Agency CEO Jim Wiatt is suing the Winston & Strawn law firm for malpractice in connection with the Ken Starr Ponzi scheme. read more [read post]
11 Jun 2020, 9:32 am by Green, Schafle & Gibbs
This is, of course, the classic structure of a Ponzi Scheme, where money from new investors is used to pay old investors. [read post]
24 Jul 2024, 1:43 pm by Kevin
In fact, the Herald reports that this Ponzi scheme was ramping up at the very same time other Ponzi schemers were being convicted in the high-profile 1 Global Capital case. [read post]