Archive for July 7th, 2011

INCREDIBLE: Texas Forex Fraudster Allegedly Scammed Georgia Attorney Now Jailed In $40 Million Ponzi Scheme; Mark E. Rice Accused By CFTC Of Ripping Off Seminar Swindler Robert P. Copeland

INCREDIBLE: Texas Forex Fraudster Allegedly Scammed Georgia Attorney Now Jailed In $40 Million Ponzi Scheme; Mark E. Rice Accused By CFTC Of Ripping Off Seminar Swindler Robert P. Copeland

In a case that could provide even more inspiration for lawyer jokes and black comedy on America’s epidemic of white-collar crime and hucksterism, the CFTC has gone to federal court in Texas to accuse an alleged Forex scammer of defrauding a Georgia attorney now serving a 10-year prison sentence for ripping off senior citizens in […]

BULLETIN: Florida Attorney/CPA Lorn Leitman Sentenced To More Than 17 Years In Ponzi And Fraud Caper; Federal Judge Orders Upward Departure From Sentencing Guidelines, Saying Lawyer Targeted Elderly Investors, Friends And Military Members

BULLETIN: Florida Attorney/CPA Lorn Leitman Sentenced To More Than 17 Years In Ponzi And Fraud Caper; Federal Judge Orders Upward Departure From Sentencing Guidelines, Saying Lawyer Targeted Elderly Investors, Friends And Military Members

BULLETIN: A 61-year-old Florida attorney and CPA who targeted elderly investors, retirees, friends and members of the military in companion fraud schemes has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison. Although sentencing guidelines suggested that Lorn Leitman would serve a maximum of 151 months, U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke of the Southern District of […]