Tag: Colorado Ponzi schemes
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Colorado Securities Commissioner Tells Durango Herald: ‘They Want So Badly To Believe In The Tooth Fairy’
Joe Hanel, the Denver correspondent for the Durango Herald, has written a series of reports that delves into the symphony of the bizarre surrounding Ponzi schemer Frederick H.K. Baker, who once was immersed in the HYIP world but now is in prison. If you’ve been wondering about the psychology of Ponzi schemes — perhaps particularly…
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Recidivist Huckster, 63, Found Guilty In $30 Million Ponzi Scheme Based In Colorado; Philip R. Lochmiller Sr. Wiped Out Investors After Earlier Serving 3 Years In California Prison For Securities Fraud
UPDATED 8:57 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Philip R. Lochmiller Sr., 63, has been found guilty of money-laundering, mail fraud and conspiracy in federal court in Colorado. The jury returned the verdict in three hours, after a 10-day trial, the office of U.S. Attorney John Walsh of the District of Colorado said. Lochmiller spent three years in…
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The Coloradoan: Man, 72, Accused Of Ripping Off Fellow Seniors In Ponzi Scheme — Including 100-Year-Old Man
The Coloradoan, citing an arrest affidavit, is reporting that Richard Horace Mayfield, 72, has been charged with ripping off 22 people in a Ponzi scheme. One of the alleged victims is a 100-year-old man. “Most” of the victims were senior citizens, the newspaper reported. Website visitors were told that “Jesus” was the answer to overcoming…
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BULLETIN: SEC Files Emergency Action To Halt Alleged ‘Diamond-Themed’ Ponzi Scheme And Related Fraud In Colorado; Richard Dalton Of Golden Accused Of Running Bizarre Multistate Scheme
BULLETIN: (UPDATED 7:49 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) A Golden man ran a diamond-themed Ponzi scheme as part of a larger fraud, the SEC has charged in an emergency court action in federal court in Colorado. The agency said it filed the lawsuit to halt the actions of Richard Dalton and his company: Universal Consulting Resources LLC…
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BULLETIN: Sean Mueller Charged With Racketeering In Colorado Ponzi Probe; Secret Service, State Securities Division Assisted Denver DA In Unraveling Alleged $71 Million Scheme
BULLETIN: In yet-another alleged case of massive Ponzi fraud, Sean Mueller has been charged with violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act (racketeering). Mueller, 42, also has been charged with securities fraud and theft. The prosecution was brought by the office of Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey, who credited the U.S. Secret Service and the…
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NEWS/UPDATES: Feds Say $900 Million Nevin Shapiro Ponzi ‘Perfect Example Of Greed Run Amok’; Colorado Charges Bela Geczy, Michael Kass With Racketeering In Fraud Case
The acts of Nevin Shapiro — a Florida man arrested in New Jersey yesterday on charges of orchestrating a $900 million Ponzi scheme — represent a “perfect example of greed run amok,” an FBI agent said. Separately, a grand jury in Colorado has charged two men under the state’s organized-crime statute with operating an $18…