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BULLETIN: Church Pastor (And Recidivist Felon) Charged In Alleged Mortgage-Fraud Caper; Michael Wilkerson Accused Of Recruiting Congregants To Dupe Bank In $6 Million Scheme
BULLETIN: A church pastor, his wife and two real-estate brokers have been charged in an elaborate mortgage-fraud caper in which congregants allegedly were recruited as “straw purchasers” in a scheme that led to a patch of foreclosures and cost Chase Manhattan Bank $3 million. Pastor Michael Wilkerson presided over New Life Millennium Life Restoration Fellowship…
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FTC: Spammer/Scammer Who Sent ‘Mind-Boggling’ Number Of Text Messages And Traded On Name Of Government Hit With Judgment, Ban
Phillip A. Flora of Huntington Beach, Calif., caused cell-phone bills to rise when he sent millions of unsolicited text messages. Flora sent at least 5 million such messages, a number the FTC described as mind-boggling when it sued him in February for violating the CAN-SPAM Act and the FTC Act. But spam was only part…
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BULLETIN: Full Tilt Poker’s License Revoked By Alderney Gambling Control Commission In Wake Of U.S. Ponzi Allegations
BULLETIN: Just days after federal prosecutors in the United States alleged that Full Tilt Poker was operating a global Ponzi scheme, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has revoked Full Tilt’s License. AGCC is the e-gaming regulator of the British Channel Islands. “At a hearing held in London over six days, it emerged that FTP…
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BULLETIN: SEC Says Utah Scammers Funneled Money To 2 Ponzi Schemes; Christopher A. Seeley, Justin G. Dickson Accused Of Conducting Offering Fraud That Raised Millions
BULLETIN: The SEC has gone to federal court to accuse two Utah men of conducting a $7.9 million offering fraud in which money that flowed from investors was used to prop up two Ponzi schemes. Named defendants were Christopher A. Seeley, 36, of Herriman, and Justin G. Dickson, 35, of Salt Lake City. The offering…
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BULLETIN: CFTC Charges 5 Florida Residents And Mexican National In Alleged Forex Scheme With Tentacles In Panama; Scheme Was Promoted On MoneyMakerGroup, TalkGold Ponzi Forums
BULLETIN: The CFTC has gone to federal court in Florida, charging a company and six individuals in an alleged international Forex and commodities fraud scheme that gathered at least $1.7 million and bilked residents of Florida, California and Puerto Rico. Charged in the case were Alpha Trade Group S.A. (ATG), which also is known as…
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BULLETIN: 4 Arrested In Alleged $200 Million International Swindle; Raids Carried Out In Europe, United States
BULLETIN: Authorities in Europe and the United States have carried out raids that resulted in the arrests of four individuals and the seizure of property in an alleged international Ponzi scheme involving bogus insurance investments and $200 million, the Public Prosecution Office of the Netherlands (Openbaar Ministerie) said. The case involves a company known as…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: ASD Victim Says His Remissions Distribution Has Been Deposited — And That It Was 100 Percent
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: The PP Blog has received the first report from an AdSurfDaily Ponzi victim that Rust Consulting Inc. has deposited his remissions distribution into his bank account and that the sum was 100 percent of his ASD loss. The money appeared in the member’s bank account this morning. Rust is the…