Category: The Economy
-
SPECIAL REPORT: SEC Says Detroit Pension Funds Looted By Outside Manager, Used-Car Dealer; Agency Alleges Elaborate Fraud Into Which Millions Dumped Into Firms That Financed High-Risk Loans In Metro Atlanta
EDITOR’S NOTE: The story below is about a compelling case in which nearly $16 million in public-pension funds from the Detroit area allegedly ended up in the control of an Atlanta-area, used-car dealership that operates in a business segment commonly known in the auto trade as “buy here, pay here.” Research shows that the dealership…
-
Alleged Cyber-Extortionist Indicted: Feds Say Anthony Digati Tried To Chill, Defame Business On Internet To Extract $200,000 In Bizarre Social-Networking Plot
Unhappy with an entity with which you have a dispute? Want to chill them to get your way by threatening to use keyword targeting and social networking? Want to start a wild spin campaign to misinform the public and slime people and entities you perceive to be your enemies? Want to suggest a person or…
-
U.S. Marshals, FBI, Police Capture Ponzi Figure Who Ducked Sentencing; Michael Derrick Peninger Returned To Jail Amid Reports He Cut Transmitter On Electronic Monitoring Device
Michael Derrick Peninger was captured yesterday, nine days after he failed to show up for sentencing court in a South Carolina Ponzi scheme case. Authorities said he cut the transmitter on an electronic monitoring device he was ordered to wear prior to fleeing April 12. A federal magistrate judge jailed Peninger yesterday after he was…
-
BULLETIN: Another Spectacular Florida Ponzi Case Emerging; Nevin K. Shapiro Charged Criminally, Civilly In Alleged $900 Million Fraud
BULLETIN: Nevin K. Shapiro, the founder and president of Capitol Investments USA Inc., surrendered to authorities this morning after being charged both criminally and civilly in an alleged $900 million Ponzi and fraud scheme in south Florida and elsewhere, the SEC said. Shapiro, 41, is a prominent Miami Beach businessman and philanthropist in the wholesale…
-
4 Ponzi Probes Spotlighted In Seattle; Cases Involve ‘Phony Business Plans’ With Sports Tickets, Point-Of-Sale Machines, Oil Fields, Aircraft Parts
EDITOR’S NOTE: If you’re keeping a “Bubba Blue” notebook on the various ways to serve up a Ponzi scheme — as opposed to shrimp — these Ponzi investigations in Washington state might deserve an entry. The story below encapsulates four major cases. It also includes a link to the charging document in the Rhonda Breard…
-
Utah Ponzi Auction Features Wildebeest, Hyena, ‘Full Body African Lion,’ Other Exotic Animals; Event Expected To Draw Large Crowd And Help Recover Some Losses
America’s Ponzi culture now has spawned a taxidermy auction from “assets recovered in one of the largest alleged Ponzi fraud cases in Utah,” according to website of the auctioneer. Among the items up for bid are a “full body African lion,” Cape Horn buffalo, African antelope and hyena, wildebeest and other exotic animals. Forty-three firearms…
-
FIVE ARRESTED: SEC Says Bogus Stock-Tips Website Faked Testimonial From George Soros; Gryphon Holdings Inc., Kenneth E. Marsh, Others Charged With Operating ‘Sham’
BULLETIN: Five people have been arrested in New York on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud. Their preliminary court appearances are occurring now — and the allegations in the case are spectacular. Separately, the SEC has gone to federal court in New York to obtain an emergency court order freezing the…