Archive for January 8th, 2010

SHOCKING: SEC Says Illinois Investment Adviser And Movie Producer Raided Account Of 96-Year-Old Nursing Home Patient With Dementia; Steve Salutric Ponzi Diverted $321,000 To His Church

SHOCKING: SEC Says Illinois Investment Adviser And Movie Producer Raided Account Of 96-Year-Old Nursing Home Patient With Dementia; Steve Salutric Ponzi Diverted $321,000 To His Church

A federal judge has frozen the assets of Illinois investment adviser Steve Salutric in a Ponzi scheme case in which the allegations are shocking. Salutric, 51, a church treasurer who took a stab at the fim business and co-produced the 2005 movie “Madison” starring Jim Caviezel and Bruce Dern, raided the account of a 96-year-old […]

SEC: Man Switches Company Name For Offering, Buys Autodialer And Database For 17K, Targets Wealthy Investors, Racks Up $1.4 Million Before Scheme Collapses

SEC: Man Switches Company Name For Offering, Buys Autodialer And Database For 17K, Targets Wealthy Investors, Racks Up $1.4 Million Before Scheme Collapses

UPDATED 6:15 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) A California man ordered by five states to cease and desist from selling unregistered securities started using a different corporate name, bought an autodialer and database with the names of wealthy investors for $17,737 and used it for at least six months to fleece clients before the scheme collapsed in […]

KA-BOOM! SEC Files Emergency Action In Alleged Richard Elkinson ‘Uniform’ Ponzi Scheme; U.S. Attorney General Warns Fraudsters, ‘You Are Writing Your Ticket To Jail’

KA-BOOM! SEC Files Emergency Action In Alleged Richard Elkinson 'Uniform' Ponzi Scheme; U.S. Attorney General Warns Fraudsters, 'You Are Writing Your Ticket To Jail'

Ka-boom! A federal judge has frozen the assets of alleged Ponzi schemer Richard Elkinson, accused of fleecing investors in Massachusetts by telling them he brokered deals for government uniforms and uniforms worn by Olympic athletes. Meanwhile, the attorney general of the United States ventured to Florida today and gave a dramatic speech at the Forum […]

News, Notes And Updates: Jailed And Disbarred, Former Massachusetts Attorney Who Fleeced 95-Year-Old Client Arrested On New Charges

News, Notes And Updates: Jailed And Disbarred, Former Massachusetts Attorney Who Fleeced 95-Year-Old Client Arrested On New Charges

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post distills recent news and development on the fraud and Ponzi fronts. CHARGED: Six people — including a disbarred attorney already in prison — have been charged in Massacuusetts in an elaborate mortgage-fraud scheme. Bruce Namenson, the former lawyer, was charged with 18 counts of of larceny for arranging bogus loan closings, […]