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BULLETIN: American, Canadian Indicted In Alleged Ponzi Scheme Involving More Than $129 Million; Jacquline Hoegel, William Wise Charged In San Francisco

BULLETIN: American, Canadian Indicted In Alleged Ponzi Scheme Involving More Than $129 Million; Jacquline Hoegel, William Wise Charged In San Francisco

BULLETIN: Jacquline Hoegel, an American living in American Canyon, Calif., has been charged criminally in an alleged Ponzi scheme that gathered $129.5 million, the office of U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California said. Also indicted was William Wise, a citizen of Canada. Wise, 62, formerly resided in Raleigh, N.C.  A warrant […]

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: KABOOM! Gregory N. McKnight, Legisi HYIP Operator And Ponzi-Forum Darling, Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: KABOOM! Gregory N. McKnight, Legisi HYIP Operator And Ponzi-Forum Darling, Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Gregory N. McKnight, the operator of the Legisi HYIP Ponzi scheme, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan, the SEC said this afternoon. McKnight was charged criminally on Feb. 14 — Valentine’s Day. His guilty plea followed two days later, the SEC […]

BULLETIN: 4 More Indictments In Alleged North Carolina Ponzi Caper; New Charges Follow On Heels Of 7 Previous Convictions And Criminal Allegations That Bank Turned A Blind Eye To Fraud Scheme

BULLETIN: 4 More Indictments In Alleged North Carolina Ponzi Caper; New Charges Follow On Heels Of 7 Previous Convictions And Criminal Allegations That Bank Turned A Blind Eye To Fraud Scheme

BULLETIN: With seven defendants already convicted of Ponzi-related crimes and a North Carolina bank accused of turning a blind eye to the fraud, four new criminal defendants have been named in the Black Diamond Capital Solutions probe. A federal grand jury in Charlotte has returned an indictment against Jonathan D. Davey, 47, of Newark, Ohio; […]

Investigators Outline Darren Berg’s Ponzi Haul: ‘Stunning’ Greed, Top Prosecutor Says; ‘No Moral Compass,’ Judge Comments When Ordering Washington State Schemer To Spend 18 Years In Jail

Investigators Outline Darren Berg's Ponzi Haul: 'Stunning' Greed, Top Prosecutor Says; 'No Moral Compass,' Judge Comments When Ordering Washington State Schemer To Spend 18 Years In Jail

“The greed in this case is stunning. [Frederick Darren Berg] stole and squandered the dreams of hundreds: dreams of retirement, dreams of homeownership, dreams of a college education for their children and grandchildren. While we could not restore those dreams, today he was held accountable for his acts.” — U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan, Western […]

Illinois Forex Ponzi Schemers Get Combined Prison Sentences Of Nearly 30 Years; Feds Identify More Than 1,000 Victims Of $17 Million Swindle In Which $1 Million Went To ‘Strip Club And Restaurants’

Illinois Forex Ponzi Schemers Get Combined Prison Sentences Of Nearly 30 Years; Feds Identify More Than 1,000 Victims Of $17 Million Swindle In Which $1 Million Went To 'Strip Club And Restaurants'

Charles G. Martin has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison — and fellow Forex Ponzi schemer John E. Walsh has been sentenced to more than 12 years — in a case in which investors’ money went to pay for strippers, fine meals, fine hotels, a piano, high-end electronics, artwork, jewelry, flashy cars and […]

BULLETIN(S): (1) Missouri Con Man, 72, Charged In Alleged $3.18 Million Ponzi Caper While Jailed In Previous Fraud Scheme; (2) New York Woman Was Running Multiple Ponzi And Fraud Schemes That Gathered More Than $9 Million, Feds Say

BULLETIN(S): (1) Missouri Con Man, 72, Charged In Alleged $3.18 Million Ponzi Caper While Jailed In Previous Fraud Scheme; (2) New York Woman Was Running Multiple Ponzi And Fraud Schemes That Gathered More Than $9 Million, Feds Say

BULLETIN: A 72-year-old Missouri con man already jailed in a fraud case involving taxes and Pell Grants has been charged with orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that allegedly followed on the heels of his original scam. Ronald W. Shepard pulled off a Ponzi scheme involving more than $3 million, the office of U.S. Attorney Beth Phillips […]

DIALING UP THE BIZARRE: Prisoner Who Reportedly Once Stole Tractor-Trailer Full Of ‘Canned Beans’ And Later Followed ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Bleatings Convicted Of Running Tax Scam From Jail

DIALING UP THE BIZARRE: Prisoner Who Reportedly Once Stole Tractor-Trailer Full Of 'Canned Beans' And Later Followed 'Sovereign Citizen' Bleatings Convicted Of Running Tax Scam From Jail

This one is almost indescribably bizarre . . . Ronald Williams, 48, was an inmate in various prisons in New York state between 2006 and 2010, federal prosecutors said. His mother told the Syracuse Post-Standard that her son was jailed in 2006 on charges of stealing a tractor-trailer full of “canned beans” off a street […]

UPDATE: Top Federal Prosecutor Describes Edward L. Moskop As ‘Financial Predator’; Judge Imposes Maximum Prison Term On Southern Illinois Swindler; St. Louis Post-Dispatch Reports Woman Who Survived Nazi Labor Camp Was Among The Victims

UPDATE: Top Federal Prosecutor Describes Edward L. Moskop As 'Financial Predator'; Judge Imposes Maximum Prison Term On Southern Illinois Swindler; St. Louis Post-Dispatch Reports Woman Who Survived Nazi Labor Camp Was Among The Victims

Recidivist huckster Edward L. Moskop was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge William Stiehl of the Southern District of Illinois. Among the victims of his fraud scheme was an 85-year-old woman who survived a Nazi labor camp during World War II, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. At Moskop’s sentencing […]

FLORIDA — AGAIN (BOCA RATON VIA NEW YORK): John A. Mattera, Purported Philanthropist, Arrested By Feds And Sued By SEC Amid Allegations He Set Up Scam Using Names Of Groupon And Facebook; Suspect Also Traded On Name Of Red Cross; Investigators Call Him A Recidivist Felon

FLORIDA -- AGAIN (BOCA RATON VIA NEW YORK): John A. Mattera, Purported Philanthropist, Arrested By Feds And Sued By SEC Amid Allegations He Set Up Scam Using Names Of Groupon And Facebook; Suspect Also Traded On Name Of Red Cross; Investigators Call Him A Recidivist Felon

EDITOR’S NOTE: So, you recognize the power of the names of  Groupon and Facebook and want to trade on their magnetism to drive traffic to your purported “opportunity” — and you want to further sanitize your scheme by describing yourself as a philanthropist and trading on the name of a charity such as the American […]

HAVE THE ‘GAMES’ BEGUN? AdSurfDaily Members Todd Disner, Dwight Owen Schweitzer File Lawsuit Against Government That Claims Undercover Agents Violated Firm’s Terms Of Service; Federal Prosecutors Say Money Was Seized Properly With Valid Warrants

HAVE THE 'GAMES' BEGUN? AdSurfDaily Members Todd Disner, Dwight Owen Schweitzer File Lawsuit Against Government That Claims Undercover Agents Violated Firm's Terms Of Service; Federal Prosecutors Say Money Was Seized Properly With Valid Warrants

UPDATED 11:27 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) In May, an email attributed to AdSurfDaily member Todd Disner declared, “Let the games begin!” The remark was in the context of a lawsuit Disner and fellow ASD member Dwight Owen Schweitzer intended to file against the United States once ASD members chipped in enough money to fund the complaint. […]

Alfred Gerebizza Arrested In $105 Million Ponzi Case; PP Blog Received Threatening Communication About Alleged Fraud Caper Last Year

Alfred Gerebizza Arrested In $105 Million Ponzi Case; PP Blog Received Threatening Communication About Alleged Fraud Caper Last Year

UPDATED 5:25 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Alfred Gerebizza has been charged with mail fraud and tax crimes in a superseding indictment in the Daniel Spitzer Ponzi case, which alleged both domestic and offshore fraud. The SEC initially charged Spitzer civilly in June 2010, accusing him of “moving investor money through a complex network of foreign bank […]