SEC Takes Down Another Ponzi, Agency Says; Ricardo Bonilla Rojas Faces Civil And Criminal Charges After Allegedly Aiming Puerto Rico-Based Scheme At Evangelical Christians And Factory Workers
The SEC has gone to federal court in Puerto Rico, alleging that Ricardo Bonilla Rojas was operating a $7 million Ponzi scheme targeted at evangelical Christians and factory workers. Victims in the case hail from Puerto Rico, Florida, New York, and North Carolina, the agency said. Rojas, 53, is a resident of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. […]
BULLETIN: Zeek Receiver Establishes Website: ZeekRewardsReceivership.com
“On August 17, 2012, Judge Graham C. Mullen of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division, entered an order appointing Kenneth D. Bell of McGuireWoods LLP as temporary receiver of ZeekRewards for the purposes of marshaling and preserving all assets of ZeekRewards and those assets (a) held or possessed […]
JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid Hides Behind Zeek-Like Wordplay On Eve Of Zeek Collapse
On Aug. 17, the SEC filed spectacular allegations of Ponzi- and pyramid-scheme fraud against Zeek Rewards, which claimed it was not selling securities and members were not making an investment. Zeek operator Paul R. Burks was charged with selling unregistered securities as investment contracts. Zeek abused the power of the Internet and raised $600 million […]