Showing posts with label investment fraud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label investment fraud. Show all posts
Saturday, April 30, 2011

New Jersey-based Investment Adviser Pleads Guilty to $13.6 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Sandra M. Venetis , 59, of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to charges she defrauded at least 50 investors of more than $7 mil...
Sunday, February 13, 2011

South Florida Financial Advisor Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $1.1 Million From Client Accounts

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Shawn Roberts , 52, of Parkland, Florida pleaded guilty to charges he embezzled some $1.1 million from his clients at his financial advisory...
Monday, December 27, 2010

Utah Man Indicted in Georgia for Running a $30 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Thomas Repke , 57, of Holladay, Utah, was indicted on charges he and a co-conspirator bilked at least 100 investors out of as much as $30 mi...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Green Energy Investment Fraud: Do Your Due Diligence

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Last month, the Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) took action against a group of boiler-room operators for running a fraudulent g...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Former Illinois Investment Advisor Sentenced In Michigan Union Pension Fraud Scam

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John A. Orecchio , 44, formerly of Arlington Heights, Illinois, was sentenced today to 9 years and 4 months in federal prison for embezzling...
Friday, June 4, 2010

Tennessee Financial Advisor Accused Of $5.5 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Aaron Donald Vallett , 32, of Brentwood, Tennessee, has been accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of operating a Ponzi-type inv...
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

South Florida Jeweler Charged With Operating $40 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Luis Felipe Perez , 38, of Miami, Florida, has been charged by the Securities & Exchange Commission of operating a Ponzi-type investment...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

New York Investment Advisor "To The Stars" Arrested & Charged With Fraud

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Kenneth I. Starr , 66, of New York City, was arrested and charged last Thursday with wire fraud, fraud by an investment advisor and money la...
Monday, May 10, 2010

New York Man Accused Of Running $2 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Jay M. Hoffman , 58, of East Meadow, New York, was arraigned last week on 22 counts of grand larceny and 2 counts of operating a scheme to d...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Colorado Hedge Fund Manager Accused Of Operating $100 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Sean Michael Mueller , 41, of Greenwood Village, Colorado, has been accused of operating an investment fraud scheme that bilked at least 30 ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Nebraska Investment Advisor Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Investors In $6.5 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Bryan Scott Behrens , 47, of Omaha, Nebraska, pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges admitting he bilked investors out of at least $3.5 ...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Florida Man Accused In $880 Million Ponzi Scheme Case

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Nevin K. Shapiro , 41, of Miami Beach, Florida, has been charged with money laundering and securities fraud in connection with allegedly ope...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Florida Man Sentenced In Ponzi Scheme That Targeted Pennsylvania Residents

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Sean Nathan Healy , 39, of Weston, Florida, was sentenced to 15 1/2 years in prison for operating a Ponzi-type investment fraud scheme that ...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Update: Petters Gets 50 Years For $3.65 billion Ponzi Scheme

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Thomas "Tom" J. Petters , 52, of Wayzata, Minnesota, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for running a $3.65 billion Ponzi-type in...
Monday, April 5, 2010

Pennsylvania Money Manager Accused In $26 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Donald Anthony Walker Young , 38, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, was indicted Thursday on charges he defrauded investors out of some $26 mill...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Minnesota Businessman Charged In Alleged $190 Million Ponzi Scheme Fraud

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Trevor Gibson Cook , 37, of Apple Valley, Minnesota, was charged yesterday with operating a Ponzi-type investment fraud scheme that allegedl...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Michigan Man Sentenced In $13.2 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Richard Taft Johnson , 67, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for bilking investors out of some $13.2 million...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

New Mexico Real Estate Exec Accused Of Running $80 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Douglas F. Vaughan , 62, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a prominent local real estate executive, has been accused by the SEC of operating a...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Michigan Man Sentenced For Operating $5 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Raymond Frank Joseph , 55, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, was sentenced to 66 months in prison for operating a Ponzi-type investment fraud s...

Former New York Foreign Exchange Trader Sentenced In $110 Million Ponzi Scheme

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Michael Richard MacCaull , 38, of Northport, New York, a former foreign exchange trader, was sentenced to 188 months (15 1/2+ years) in pris...