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SUNDAY NEWS AND NOTES: South Carolina Ponzi Victims Included Widows, Alzheimer’s Patients, Seniors And Amputee; ‘Shocks The Conscience,’ FINRA Says

SUNDAY NEWS AND NOTES: South Carolina Ponzi Victims Included Widows, Alzheimer's Patients, Seniors And Amputee; 'Shocks The Conscience,' FINRA Says

EDITOR’S NOTE: These briefs are based on information from recent Ponzi or fraud schemes. As noted yesterday and previously, the United States has formed a Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. Cases such as the ones below are part of the reason why. SOUTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE: Among the more than 30 victims in the Oren […]

Michigan Men Who Urged Victims Not To Cooperate With FBI Sentenced To Prison In Oil-And-Gas Ponzi Scheme

Michigan Men Who Urged Victims Not To Cooperate With FBI Sentenced To Prison In Oil-And-Gas Ponzi Scheme

Two Michigan brothers who urged investors in their oil-and-gas Ponzi scheme not to cooperate with the FBI have been sentenced to prison. Eric Riley Merkle, 55, and Jay Vernon Merkle, 53, both of Williamston, Mich., were sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy, securities fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud. They also were […]