Georgia Ponzi schemes

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BULLETIN: SEC: Purported ‘Trust’ Was $15 Million Prime-Bank Ponzi Swindle Operated By Two 70-Year-Olds; 1 Of The Accused Hucksters Has Prior Conviction For Trafficking Cocaine; Investors Were Told ‘Department Of Homeland Security’ Was A Customer And That The Devil Was Behind The Adage, ‘If It Sounds Too Good To Be True . . .”

BULLETIN: SEC: Purported 'Trust' Was $15 Million Prime-Bank Ponzi Swindle Operated By Two 70-Year-Olds; 1 Of The Accused Hucksters Has Prior Conviction For Trafficking Cocaine; Investors Were Told 'Department Of Homeland Security' Was A Customer And That The Devil Was Behind The Adage, 'If It Sounds Too Good To Be True . . .

EDITOR’S NOTE: They don’t come any weirder than prime-bank swindles — and this one is one of the strangest we’ve ever reported on.  UPDATED 8:19 A.M. ET (NOV. 20, U.S.A.) Two individuals — both now 70 — conducted a prime-bank Ponzi swindle known as “the Trust” since at least 2004, the SEC said late this […]

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: SEC Charges Ephren W. Taylor II In Alleged Ponzi Scheme Targeting African American Church Congregations; Media Darling Hailed Himself A ‘Social Capitalist’ And Youngest Black CEO Of A Public Company

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: SEC Charges Ephren W. Taylor II In Alleged Ponzi Scheme Targeting African American Church Congregations; Media Darling Hailed Himself A 'Social Capitalist' And Youngest Black CEO Of A Public Company

“Ephren Taylor professed to be in the business of socially-conscious investing. Instead, he was in the business of promoting Ephren Taylor. He preyed upon investors’ faith and their desire to help others, convincing them that they could earn healthy returns while also helping their communities.” — David Woodcock, director of the SEC’s Fort Worth Regional […]

BULLETIN: 6-Time Felon Sentenced To 12 Years In Ponzi Scheme; Anthony Ray Will Serve ‘Every Day Of His . . . Sentence,’ Georgia Prosecutors Say

BULLETIN: 6-Time Felon Sentenced To 12 Years In Ponzi Scheme; Anthony Ray Will Serve 'Every Day Of His . . . Sentence,' Georgia Prosecutors Say

BULLETIN: A six-time felon who hatched a real-estate Ponzi scheme and swindled a dozen investors out of $660,000 has been sentenced to 12 years in a Georgia state prison, the office of DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said. Anthony Ray ripped off his own flesh and blood and met some of his victims at […]

Man Who Posed As Fraud Investigator And Blew Up His Own Mailbox Convicted In Bizarre Bid To Extort Ponzi Scheme Victims To Pay Him For Information

Man Who Posed As Fraud Investigator And Blew Up His Own Mailbox Convicted In Bizarre Bid To Extort Ponzi Scheme Victims To Pay Him For Information

A Washington state man has been convicted of nine federal felonies in a bizarre case in which he attempted to fleece Ponzi scheme victims by blowing up his own mailbox and taking guns and bomb-making components to Atlanta. Kevin W. Williams, 45, of Chehalis, was found guilty of three counts of wire fraud, extortion, possession […]