Category: Alleged Ponzi Schemes
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TRAGIC REPORTS IN BRAZIL: TelexFree Prosecutor Found Dead
UPDATED 1:22 P.M. ET U.S.A. There are reports in Brazil that a prosecutor who worked on a TelexFree action in that country has been found dead inside her apartment. She has been identified as Nicole Gonzales Colombo Arnoldi, 35, of the state of Acre. The government of Acre has issued a statement of sympathy (in Portuguese) on…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: TelexFree Was Ponzi And Pyramid Scheme, Judge Rules
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Melvin S. Hoffman of the District of Massachusetts has ruled TelexFree a Ponzi and pyramid scheme. It is the first such ruling by a U.S. Court and was issued on Thanksgiving Eve. The ruling was requested on Oct. 7 by Stephen B. Darr, the court-appointed TelexFree trustee.…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Accused WCM777 Ponzi Schemer Ming Xu Expressed Concern About Being Harmed, Says He Was Cooperating With Government; Purported Texas University Claims It Has Absorbed The Bizarre ‘Joseph Global Institute,’ Raising New Questions; WCM777 Claims Deadline Extended To Dec. 24
EDITOR’S NOTE: The story about Phil Ming Xu’s asserted cooperation with the government appears below the subhead. We’ll lead with the news of extension of the claims deadline for WCM777 victims. If you’re a victim of the World Capital Market/WCM777 Ponzi- and pyramid scam shut down by the SEC last year, you now have until…
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BOOKMARK FOR ZEEKERS: Lawyer For Alleged Ponzi Winners Now Has Website And Has Posted Documents
Whether you’re an alleged Zeek “winner” or a “loser” hoping the court will force the return of tens of millions of dollars in gains, this is one to bookmark: http://www.zeeknetwinnerclass.com/index It’s the website of J. Kevin Edmundson, the lawyer appointed by the court in essence to defend thousands of alleged Zeek Rewards winners sued by court-appointed…
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BULLETIN: SEC Of The Philippines Calls EmGoldEx A Ponzi Scheme That Spawned Cascading Frauds
EDITOR’S NOTE: Officials in the Philippines not only are using securities laws in the EmGoldEx prosecution, but also a relatively new law against cybercrime in that nation. This potentially could stiffen penalties. As noted below, EmGoldEx also caused trouble in the United States. UPDATED 10:43 A.M. ET U.S.A. EmGoldEx was a Ponzi scheme that morphed into entities known…
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Another ‘Ken Russo’ Disaster: Team Of Feds Hammers Alleged Operator Of ‘Program’ Pushed By Ponzi-Forum Legend
UPDATED 7:51 EDT U.S.A. Let’s start by giving you the roster of federal agencies involved in the investigations and prosecutions of William M. Apostelos, 54, and Connie M. Apostelos, 50, his wife: (1.) The Office of U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart of the Southern District of Ohio. (2.) Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation. (3.) The…
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Sentencing Hearing Postponed For Zeek Rewards’ Executive Dawn-Wright Olivares
Sentencing for Dawn Wright-Olivares, a former Zeek Rewards’ executive who pleaded guilty in February 2014 to investment-fraud conspiracy and tax-fraud conspiracy, has been postponed, the office of U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose of the Western District of North Carolina said today. Wright-Olivares, whose age was listed as 45 by federal prosecutors at the time of her guilty plea,…
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SHADES OF ZEEK: Prospective Class-Action Defendant Tells Judge TelexFree Was Operating A Tax Scam
In October 2014, federal prosecutors alleged that the Zeek Rewards MLM “program” shut down by the SEC two years earlier was in part a scam that caused “victim-investors to file inaccurate tax returns for phantom income they never actually received.” Now, a year later, a member of the TelexFree MLM scheme shut down by the…