Tag: Colorado Organized Crime Control Act
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BULLETIN: Sean Mueller Charged With Racketeering In Colorado Ponzi Probe; Secret Service, State Securities Division Assisted Denver DA In Unraveling Alleged $71 Million Scheme
BULLETIN: In yet-another alleged case of massive Ponzi fraud, Sean Mueller has been charged with violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act (racketeering). Mueller, 42, also has been charged with securities fraud and theft. The prosecution was brought by the office of Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey, who credited the U.S. Secret Service and the…
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NEWS/UPDATES: Feds Say $900 Million Nevin Shapiro Ponzi ‘Perfect Example Of Greed Run Amok’; Colorado Charges Bela Geczy, Michael Kass With Racketeering In Fraud Case
The acts of Nevin Shapiro — a Florida man arrested in New Jersey yesterday on charges of orchestrating a $900 million Ponzi scheme — represent a “perfect example of greed run amok,” an FBI agent said. Separately, a grand jury in Colorado has charged two men under the state’s organized-crime statute with operating an $18…