Judge Effectively Orders Treble Financial Penalty By Imposing $64.8 Civil Fine Against Ponzi Swindler Already Convicted In Criminal Case; Scammer Charles E. Hays Also Ordered To Disgorge $19.9 Million In Illicit Profits And Banned From Trade For Life
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) If you’re a modern-day commodities fraudster and Ponzi schemer, be prepared to have massive criminal and civil exposure. The recent cases against Charles E. “Chuck” Hays of Minnesota tell a tale of significant prison time, a huge criminal restitution order and civil fines that effectively exposed him to treble damages […]
PONZI NEWS/UPDATES: Fire Destroys ‘3 Hebrew Boys’ Ponzi Headquarters; Minnesota Man Gets Nearly 10 Years In Prison In Ponzi Case; California Man Gets 25
Sign of the apocalypse? The headquarters of the “3 Hebrew Boys” Ponzi scheme in Columbia, S.C., was gutted in a fire Monday and Tuesday. Firefighters spent 19 hours over two days battling the blaze, but the “building and all contents . . . were completely destroyed,” according to Beattie B. Ashmore. Ashmore is the court-appointed […]
Prosecutors Ask Judge For Order To Disqualify INetGlobal Attorney, Saying They May Wish To Cross-Examine Him As Witness In Ponzi Case
UPDATED 11:31 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Federal prosecutors have filed a motion to disqualify attorney Mark Kallenbach as counsel for INetGlobal and related companies, claiming that Kallenbach is attempting to be both a witness in the case and a lawyer for multiple clients involved in a Ponzi scheme, wire fraud and money-laundering probe. Kallenbach, prosecutors said, […]