Tag: Brian J. Taglieri
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ANOTHER FLORIDA FRAUD CONVICTION: Michael J. Muzio Ran ‘Pump-And-Dump’ Scheme In Case Tied To Ponzi And Affinity-Fraud Scheme Targeting Haitian-Americans
A Florida man implicated in a pump-and-dump scheme tied to a Ponzi- and affinity-fraud scheme has been convicted and faces decades in federal prison. Michael J. Muzio, 46, of Tampa, was convicted on six counts of securities fraud, two counts of substantive wire fraud, two counts of lying to the SEC and the FBI and…
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Bank Failure Brings 2009 Total To 99; Foreclosures Pile Up In California, Florida; Prosecutors Battle Mortgage Fraudsters And Ponzi Schemers
UPDATED 1:33 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The failure yesterday of San Joaquin Bank in Bakersfield, Calif., brought the total of bank failures in the United States this year to 99. With weeks remaining in the year, it is a virtual certainty that failures will top the 100 mark. Banks have been failing at an average rate…
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BREAKING NEWS: SEC Attacks ANOTHER Alleged Florida Ponzi And Affinity-Fraud Scheme; FBI Investigating Amid Report Indictments Alleging Securities Fraud, Wire Fraud, Money-Laundering And Conspiracy Have Been Unsealed
UPDATED 2:03 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The Securites and Exchange Commission — which announced yesterday that it had broken up a $22 million Ponzi scheme in Florida — announced today that it was working with the FBI to break up yet another Ponzi scheme in the Sunshine State. The newest scheme was targeted at Haitian-Americans who…