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‘In God We Trust’ Securities Huckster Found Guilty In $17 Million Swindle; Byron Keith Brown Had ‘Fleet’ Of Luxury Cars; Feds Call Business ‘Tangled Financial Web Of Lies’

'In God We Trust' Securities Huckster Found Guilty In $17 Million Swindle; Byron Keith Brown Had 'Fleet' Of Luxury Cars; Feds Call Business 'Tangled Financial Web Of Lies'

A Virginia man who traded on religious sentiments and the motto printed on U.S. currency to fleece investors in a $17 million Ponzi and securities swindle potentially faces decades in prison after being found guilty in Maryland of wire-fraud and money-laundering charges. Byron Keith Brown bought at least 16 luxury or high-performance cars with investors’ […]

PONZI NEWS/UPDATES: Fire Destroys ‘3 Hebrew Boys’ Ponzi Headquarters; Minnesota Man Gets Nearly 10 Years In Prison In Ponzi Case; California Man Gets 25

PONZI NEWS/UPDATES: Fire Destroys '3 Hebrew Boys' Ponzi Headquarters; Minnesota Man Gets Nearly 10 Years In Prison In Ponzi Case; California Man Gets 25

Sign of the apocalypse? The headquarters of the “3 Hebrew Boys” Ponzi scheme in Columbia, S.C., was gutted in a fire Monday and Tuesday. Firefighters spent 19 hours over two days battling the blaze, but the “building and all contents . . . were completely destroyed,” according to Beattie B. Ashmore. Ashmore is the court-appointed […]