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UPDATE: Purported Louisiana ‘Sovereign’ Implicated In Utah False-Liens Case Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison
Robert Clifton Tanner, the purported Louisiana “sovereign citizen” implicated in a cross-border plot to file bogus financial judgments against state-court judges and others in Utah, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of mail fraud and has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. One of the documents was styled “Petition for Agreement and Harmony in…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Alarming New Allegations Surface In Cook/Kiley Scheme; Receiver Accuses Associated Bank Of Aiding And Abetting Massive Ponzi Amid Allegations That Mysterious Jordanian Trader Linked To Fraud Has ‘Disappeared’
UPDATED 9:56 A.M. ET (JAN. 30, U.S.A.) In a heavily redacted complaint, the court-appointed receiver in the Trevor Cook Ponzi scheme has accused Associated Bank of Green Bay, Wisc., of aiding and abetting the massive caper that has led to jail sentences for Cook and multiple Cook pitchmen. Associated Bank also operates branches in Minnesota,…
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BULLETIN: Now, An Affinity-Fraud Scheme Targeting Lebanese And Druze Communities, SEC Says; Agency Seeks Asset Freeze Against Firas Hamdan And FAH Capital Partners
BULLETIN: The SEC has gone to federal court in Houston, alleging that Firas Hamdan was conducting an affinity-fraud scheme targeted at the Lebanese and Druze communities. The agency is seeking an asset freeze against Hamdan and his unregistered company, FAH Capital Partners Inc. The scheme is alleged to have gathered about $6 million over five…
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FTC, 3 State Attorneys General Move On Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing (FHTM) Amid Pyramid Allegations; MLM Site Now Resolves To Court-Appointed Receiver’s Page
BULLETIN: The FTC and attorneys general for the states of Illinois, Kentucky, and North Carolina have moved against Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing (FHTM), alleging it is a pyramid scheme. A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois has appointed a receiver and ordered an asset freeze. FHTM’s website at FHTM.com now resolves to a site…
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OBAMA IN VIDEO: ‘You Don’t Want To Mess With Mary Jo’; President Announces Nomination Of Mary Jo White To Lead SEC
UPDATED 5:56 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) President Obama formally introduced Mary Jo White to the American people today. White, 65, is Obama’s choice to lead the SEC. “You don’t want to mess with Mary Jo,” Obama said. White is the first woman ever appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Today marked another…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Mary Jo White, Famed Terrorism And Financial-Crimes Prosecutor, Gets Nod From President Obama To Head The SEC
UPDATED 12:53 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) In a move that may signal that the White House sees the SEC as an agency that is playing an increasingly important role in matters of national security and economic security, President Obama is set to nominate famed attorney and former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White to head the SEC.…
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3 GOP State Senators In New York Propose Bill In Response To False Liens Filed By ‘Sovereign Citizens’ And Targeted At Public Officials, Police Officers
If you file a false lien against public officials and police in New York, you’d be committing a felony under a proposed new law sponsored by three Republican state Senators. The Senators have proposed that violators of the new law be punished by a fine of up to $10,000 per instance or serve up to…
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BULLETIN: Prosecutors, FBI Say Man Engineered $28 Million Securities Fraud By Manipulating Court With Aid Of ‘Sham Lawsuits’ Brought By ‘Florida-Based Lawyers’ Who Obtained ‘Pleadings From A Single Manhattan-Based Law Firm’
BULLETIN: The former president and chief executive officer of Unico Inc. in San Diego has been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and obstruction of justice, amid spectacular allegations of legal chicanery. Mark Anthony Lopez was accused of conspiring with New Jersey-based stock trader Mark Allen Lefkowitz to manipulate the share…
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UPDATE: Prosecutors Ask For 50-Year Prison Sentence For Peregrine’s Russell Wasendorf, Saying He Stole More Than $215 Million And Presided Over Fraud For 2 Decades
The fraud at Peregrine Financial Group Inc. began at least sometime between 1993 and 1994 with an unlawful $250,000 transaction involving customer funds and grew to consume more than $215 million, federal prosecutors said while asking a federal judge to put Russell Wasendorf Sr. behind bars for 50 years. Wasendorf, 64, tried to kill himself…
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