Archive for June 28th, 2010

‘SURF, HYIP HELPERS BEWARE: Woman Who Let Richard Piccoli Pull Off Ponzi Scheme Hit With $25 Million Restitution Order; Kathleen Fuoco Pleads Guilty To ‘Misprision Of Felony,’ Faces Prison Time, Fine

'SURF, HYIP HELPERS BEWARE: Woman Who Let Richard Piccoli Pull Off Ponzi Scheme Hit With $25 Million Restitution Order; Kathleen Fuoco Pleads Guilty To 'Misprision Of Felony,' Faces Prison Time, Fine

An elderly Ponzi schemer who fleeced Catholic priests, parishioners and senior citizens in a long-running scam in Buffalo was aided by a comparatively youthful assistant who was ordered to make the victims whole, federal prosecutors said today. Kathleen Fuoco, 60, of West Seneca, N.Y., pleaded guilty today to misprision of a felony and willful failure […]

BULLETIN: SEC Halts Alleged $105 Million Ponzi Scheme Operating ‘Offshore’; Daniel Spitzer Charged In Complex International Fraud Case; Several Agencies Credited With Assisting Probe

BULLETIN: SEC Halts Alleged $105 Million Ponzi Scheme Operating 'Offshore'; Daniel Spitzer Charged In Complex International Fraud Case; Several Agencies Credited With Assisting Probe

Saying his offshore Ponzi scheme was on the verge of collapse but still collecting money, the SEC has charged a resident of the U.S. Virgin Islands with fraud. Several international authorities assisted in the probe, the SEC said. Daniel Spitzer, a U.S. citizen who resides in St. Thomas, was charged in the scheme. The SEC […]

BULLETIN: FTC Paints Picture Of Spectacular, International Fraud Involving At Least 16 ‘Sham’ Companies, More Than 100 Bogus Merchant Accounts And 14 ‘Money Mules’; More Than 1.3 Million People Fleeced

BULLETIN: FTC Paints Picture Of Spectacular, International Fraud Involving At Least 16 'Sham' Companies, More Than 100 Bogus Merchant Accounts And 14 'Money Mules'; More Than 1.3 Million People Fleeced

PP BLOG BULLETIN >>> MOVING >>> More than 1.3 million debit or credit-card numbers have been compromised in an international micro-payments scheme that resulted in fraudulent charges totaling more than $10 million. The money appears to have been whisked offshore to bank accounts in Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Kyrgyzstan, the FTC said. At […]