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Washington State Man Sentenced To 25 Years In ‘Foreclosure Relief’ Scam; Judge Calls Jeff McGrue ‘Heartless’; FBI Says He Issued Nonexistent ‘Bonded Promissory Notes’ Purportedly Drawn On U.S. Treasury To Fleece Lenders And People ‘At The End Of Their Rope’
A Washington state man who ran a foreclosure-rescue scam by telling victims he could save their homes gathered more than $1 million from people “at the end of their rope” and tried to bilk lenders out of at least $55 million, federal prosecutors and the FBI said. Jeff McGrue, 51, of Tacoma, targeted California borrowers.…
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Recidivist Huckster, 63, Found Guilty In $30 Million Ponzi Scheme Based In Colorado; Philip R. Lochmiller Sr. Wiped Out Investors After Earlier Serving 3 Years In California Prison For Securities Fraud
UPDATED 8:57 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Philip R. Lochmiller Sr., 63, has been found guilty of money-laundering, mail fraud and conspiracy in federal court in Colorado. The jury returned the verdict in three hours, after a 10-day trial, the office of U.S. Attorney John Walsh of the District of Colorado said. Lochmiller spent three years in…
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BULLETIN: Las Vegas Man, 70, Arrested In Alleged Ponzi Scheme Targeting Fellow Senior Citizens; Hans P. Seibt Booked Into Clark County Jail; State Charges Him With 25 Counts Of Securities Fraud, 6 Counts Of Theft
BULLETIN: The Ponzi cavalcade involving senior citizens continues . . . Nevada state authorities have arrested Hans P. Seibt of Las Vegas on Ponzi charges. He specifically was charged under state law with 25 counts of securities fraud and six counts of theft, amid allegations he targeted senior citizens. At 70, Seibt himself is a…
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BULLETIN: Church Pastor Accused Of Running Forex Ponzi And Fraud Scheme Ordered To Pay More Than $2 Million; Jeremiah C. Yancy Promised Monthly Returns Of 40 Percent And Told Customers His Firm Managed Funds For ‘Orphanages,’ Judge Says
BULLETIN: A federal judge in Texas has ordered the former pastor of an Idaho church and his firm to pay more than $2 million in restitution and penalties in a Forex Ponzi scheme that affected 64 customers, including church members allegedly targeted in the preacher’s scam. The order, which was entered by consent, applies to…
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Senior Who Swindled Seniors In $18 Million Ponzi Scheme Sentenced To 108 Months In Federal Prison; Case Sends Message To ‘Con Artists,’ Top Federal Prosecutor Says
Louis J. Borstelmann, a California senior citizen who swindled “elderly and retired” investors in Oregon and elsewhere in an $18 million Ponzi scheme, has been sentenced in Oregon to 108 months in federal prison, prosecutors said. Borstelmann is 69. Most of his victims resided in the area of Florence, Ore., although others hailed from Hawaii,…
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FEDS: Texas Man Who Attacked U.S. Marshal With Razor Blade In Courthouse Later Attacked Federal Prosecutor In Courtroom; Jose Garcia Jr. To Spend 28 Years In Prison
A Texas man who pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to kill a deputy U.S. Marshal with a razor blade later assaulted a federal prosecutor, authorities said. In May 2009, Jose Garcia Jr. was being led into a federal courtroom in McAllen to face allegations that he had violated the conditions of his probation. As…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Pat Kiley, Jason Bo-Alan Beckman, Gerald Durand Indicted In Trevor Cook Ponzi
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: UPDATED 7:02 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Former radio host Pat Kiley and two others have been indicted criminally in the $194 million Trevor Cook Ponzi scheme, federal prosecutors in Minnesota said this afternoon. The others are Jason Bo-Alan Beckman, 41, and Gerald Joseph Durand, 60. Kiley is 73. He formerly hosted…
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KABOOM! 16 Arrested In Alleged DDoS Attack Against PayPal; FBI Executes 35 Search Warrants ‘Throughout The United States’ In Cybercrime Probes
EDITOR’S NOTE: Having experienced DDoS attacks that crippled our ability to publish and inform readers, researchers and victims of Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes and other forms of fraud about investigations, arrests and court cases, the PP Blog is not sympathetic to the points of view of the attackers and their apologists. Readers and researchers have…
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Jon Jason Greco Pleads Guilty To Making False Statement In Trevor Cook Ponzi Case
Jon Jason Greco, 40, of Minneapolis, has pleaded guilty to making a false and material statement in the Trevor Cook Ponzi scheme. He faces up to five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been scheduled. Greco came into possession of loot from the scheme after its 2009 collapse, stashing it in a…
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