Category: Alleged Ponzi Schemes
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Legisi Ponzi-Scheme Pitchman Matthew J. Gagnon Ordered To Pay More Than $4.2 Million In Disgorgement, Penalties
UPDATED 10:35 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Matthew John Gagnon, an HYIP huckster and promoter of the Legisi Ponzi scheme, has been hit with orders of disgorgement and penalties totaling more than $4.2 million, the SEC said. Gagnon, of Portland, Ore., and Weslaco, Texas, was described by the SEC as a serial promoter of fraud schemes through his…
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Former Mormon Bishop Who Presided Over ‘Friend’s Investment Group’ Charged In Alleged Connecticut Fraud Scheme Targeting Church Members; Former Broker Charged In Alleged Tennessee Ponzi Scheme
Julius C. Blackwelder, the 59-year-old former bishop of the Bridgeport Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Trumbull, Conn., has been charged with money-laundering, mail fraud and wire fraud. “This defendant is alleged to have abused his position of trust as a leader in his church to defraud fellow church members…
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Appeals Court Upholds 20-Year Prison Sentence Of Seng Tan, Mercedes-Driving Pyramid Schemer Who Blamed Hurricane Katrina For Payment Delays And Told Members That The ‘Gods’ Had Sent Her To Make Them Millionaires
EDITOR’S NOTE: Simply put, the World Marketing Direct Selling (WMDS) and OneUniverseOnline (1UOL) pyramid scheme of James Bunchan and Seng Tan was one of the ugliest — if not the ugliest — in U.S. history. Bunchan eventually was implicated in a a murder-for-hire plot in which 12 witnesses and a federal prosecutor in Massachusetts were…
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BULLETIN: 2 Men With Hyped Credentials At Helm Of $51 Million Ponzi Scheme, Alberta Securities Commission Alleges; May Appearance Date Set For Dale Joseph Edgar St. Jean, Gregory Dennis Tindall; Defendants Also Linked To Alleged U.S. Fraud Scheme That Triggered Hedge-Fund Collapses
BULLETIN: Two men, including one who’d filed for bankruptcy when a previous “sales training” venture collapsed, were at the helm of a Ponzi scheme that gathered $51.6 million and left investors with nothing, the Alberta Securities Commission said. Appearance dates for Dale Joseph Edgar St. Jean and Gregory Dennis Tindall have been set for May…
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[EYE-OPENING EXERCISE]: A Modest ‘HYIP’ — But One That Provides A Learning Experience Juxtaposed Against JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid: Compare Pitches Of ‘Blue Hedge Investments’ And JSS/JBP
UPDATED 2:57 A.M. EDT (U.S.A., MARCH 27) Vague information about JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid is all over the web. The “opportunity” purportedly operated by Frederick Mann is targeting investors in Canada, the United States and many other countries through conference calls, videos and text pitches. The PP Blog has listened to recordings of four JSS/JBP conference calls…
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BULLETIN: Felony Warrants Issued For Accused Montana Ponzi Schemer And Affinity Fraudster Richard F. Reynolds; ‘Phony Gold And Foreign Currency Trading Schemes’ Alleged — With ‘Pastors’ Used As Pitchmen
BULLETIN: Richard F. Reynolds, of the region of Bozeman, Mont., is wanted on 20 felony warrants, Montana officials said. Reynolds also is known as Richard F. Adkins. Reynolds, the office of Montana Commissioner of Securities Monica J. Lindeen said, presided over an “elaborate” caper that swindled “at least 140 victims from 21 states and 6…