Archive for January 13th, 2010

FBI Arrested Ponzi Suspect Aboard Jet Preparing For Flight To ‘Overseas’ Destination Last Month; Tarakeswar Chaudhary Taken Off Emirates Airlines Plane

FBI Arrested Ponzi Suspect Aboard Jet Preparing For Flight To 'Overseas' Destination Last Month; Tarakeswar Chaudhary Taken Off Emirates Airlines Plane

Federal agents and airport police have arrested a man suspected of operating a Ponzi scheme and fleecing investors in a fraudulent Google stock offering, the FBI said. Tarakeswar “Tarak” Chaudhary, 49, of Tustin, Calif., was arrested last month at San Francisco International Airport after he boarded an Emirates Airlines flight bound for an “overseas” destination, […]

Do Ponzi Schemes Pose A Threat To National Security? New PP Poll Asks A Simple Question

Do Ponzi Schemes Pose A Threat To National Security? New PP Poll Asks A Simple Question

Our new poll asks a simple question: Do Ponzi Schemes Pose A Threat To National Security? You may vote only one time. Until voting closes, the poll also will be in the sidebar to the right. Feel free to argue your points in the Comments section of this post.

UPDATE: California Woman Arrested Last Week In Ponzi Case Charged Separately With Stealing From 90-Year-Old Widow And Using Money For Liposuction

UPDATE: California Woman Arrested Last Week In Ponzi Case Charged Separately With Stealing From 90-Year-Old Widow And Using Money For Liposuction

A woman jailed in California on Ponzi scheme charges has been charged in a separate case with stealing from a 90-year-old widow and using some of the money to have a liposuction procedure performed in Mexico. Redondo Beach police said they were investigating Mariana Montes for a separate crime when they discovered she was running […]

California Man Who Tried To Flee Country While His Ponzi Was Disintegrating Sentenced To Prison; John Anthony Miller Was Targeted In FBI/State Department Sting

California Man Who Tried To Flee Country While His Ponzi Was Disintegrating Sentenced To Prison; John Anthony Miller Was Targeted In FBI/State Department Sting

A California man who tried to adopt the identity of a deceased classmate from his school days to flee the United States while his Ponzi scheme was unraveling has been sentenced to 159 months in federal prison. The FBI and the State Department already were aware that John Anthony Miller’s scheme was falling apart when […]