Tag: Connecticut pyramid schemes

NEW HAVEN REGISTER: Witness Says Alcoholics Anonymous Members Were Recruited For Cash-Gifting Scheme And That ‘Largest Conflict I’ve Ever Seen’ In AA Ensued

EDITOR’S NOTE: In May 2012, the PP Blog reported that three women had been arrested on federal charges in Connecticut that flowed from an alleged cash-gifting pyramid scheme. One of the women has pleaded guilty. Two others now are on trial. Cash-gifting often is associated with affinity fraud. The alleged Connecticut scheme centered around women…

Feb 9, 2013
NEW HAVEN REGISTER: Feds, State Investigating Cash-Gifting Schemes In Connecticut; Grand Jury Convenes; State AG Called Gifting Programs The Business Of ‘Parasites’ In Statement About ‘The Women’s Gifting Table’ Last Year

State and federal probes into cash-gifting schemes are under way in Connecticut, the New Haven Register is reporting. Investigators are concerned about so-called “Women’s Gifting Tables,” and women soon will be called before a federal grand jury, the newspaper reported. Similar probes are under way in Michigan. Seven women were charged with felonies last month,…

Jan 23, 2011

NEW HAVEN REGISTER: Witness Says Alcoholics Anonymous Members Were Recruited For Cash-Gifting Scheme And That ‘Largest Conflict I’ve Ever Seen’ In AA Ensued