Tag: FBI
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UPDATE: Eliott Jay Dresher Pleads Guilty In $13.5 Million Ponzi Scheme That Traded On Famous ‘NASCAR’ Brand
UPDATE: Eliott Jay Dresher, the California man whose Ponzi scheme traded on the famous racing brand of NASCAR, now faces up to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in Los Angeles to mail fraud. Dresher, 64, of Chatsworth, was jailed in December 2009 in a case brought by the FBI and the U.S.…
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Recidivist Felon Robert Stinson Of ‘Life’s Good’ Pleads Guilty To 26-Count Ponzi Indictment, Faces Decades In Prison
Robert Stinson Jr., the Philadelphia-area recidivist felon and securities swindler accused last year of stealing $17 million in a Ponzi scheme and wiring money to prevent it from being seized even as the FBI was conducting a raid, has pleaded guilty. Stinson, 56, of Berwyn, faces a maximum under federal sentencing guidelines of nearly 34…
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Senior Who Swindled Seniors In $18 Million Ponzi Scheme Sentenced To 108 Months In Federal Prison; Case Sends Message To ‘Con Artists,’ Top Federal Prosecutor Says
Louis J. Borstelmann, a California senior citizen who swindled “elderly and retired” investors in Oregon and elsewhere in an $18 million Ponzi scheme, has been sentenced in Oregon to 108 months in federal prison, prosecutors said. Borstelmann is 69. Most of his victims resided in the area of Florence, Ore., although others hailed from Hawaii,…
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KABOOM! 16 Arrested In Alleged DDoS Attack Against PayPal; FBI Executes 35 Search Warrants ‘Throughout The United States’ In Cybercrime Probes
EDITOR’S NOTE: Having experienced DDoS attacks that crippled our ability to publish and inform readers, researchers and victims of Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes and other forms of fraud about investigations, arrests and court cases, the PP Blog is not sympathetic to the points of view of the attackers and their apologists. Readers and researchers have…
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BULLETIN: Vincent McCrudden Pleads Guilty To Threatening Regulators, Government Officials
BULLETIN: Vincent McCrudden, who was arrested in January amid allegations he threatened to kill 47 regulators and government officials, has pleaded guilty to two counts of transmitting threats to kill. McCrudden, 50, faces up to 10 years in prison. He has been jailed since his arrest in New Jersey. “Mr. McCrudden made bone-chilling and graphic…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: KABOOM! Feds, SEC, CFTC Move Against Alleged U.S. Huckster Who Ran Forex Ponzi Scheme From Panama And Fled To Peru; Self-Styled ‘Christian’ Jeffery A. Lowrance Registered Business In New Zealand And Routed Ponzi Payments To And From The Netherlands, Officials Say
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: A U.S. citizen who told investors he was a “Christian” who shared their political philosophy of “limited government” ripped off hundreds of people in a $21 million Forex Ponzi scheme involving “fictitious trading,” used some of the cash to start an alternative newspaper, preyed on followers of U.S. Rep. Ron…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Paranoia-Maker: FBI Undercover Sting In Florida Leads To Criminal, Civil Charges Against 5 In Alleged Penny-Stock Capers; Agents Established ‘Phony’ Consulting Company
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: An undercover sting by the FBI in Florida has led to criminal and civil charges against five alleged penny-stock fraudsters in Florida, Texas, Nevada and California. The sting featured a phony “consulting” company created by the FBI, authorities said. News about the make-believe consultancy followed on the heels of news…
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Man Who Fled To Philippines After Bizop Scam Was Exposed By Postal Inspectors Sentenced To 125 Months In Federal Prison; Robert Nicol Bilked More Than $5 Million In Utah-Based Fraud Ventures
A man who ran a Utah-based fraud scheme has been sentenced by a federal judge in Florida to 125 months behind bars. Robert Nicol initially fled to a remote section of the Philippines after the U.S. Postal Inspection Service executed a search warrant in an investigation of Gold Star Vending Inc. in 2007. But authorities…
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BULLETIN: Christopher Pettengill Pleads Guilty In Trevor Cook Ponzi Scheme
BULLETIN: Christopher Pettengill, a figure in the $194 million Trevor Cook Ponzi scheme, has pleaded guilty in Minneapolis to securities fraud, money-laundering and conspiracy, the FBI said. Read Breaking News coverage in the Star Tribune, which is reporting that Pettengill says he has been cooperating with federal investigators since January. Pettengill, 54, of Plymouth, Minn.,…
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BULLETIN: Nevin Shapiro, Operator Of $930 Million ‘Grocery’ Ponzi Scheme, Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison; Fraudster ‘Used Other People’s Money To Live A Fantasy Life,’ U.S. Attorney Says
BULLETIN: Nevin Shapiro, the Florida-based operator of a bizarre “grocery” Ponzi scheme that gathered nearly $1 billion and caused losses approaching $100 million, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Shapiro, 42, was charged by federal prosecutors in New Jersey last year after investigations by the FBI and the IRS. He pleaded guilty…
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FLORIDA — AGAIN: Postal Inspectors Say Recidivist Felon With 24 Bank Accounts And Undisclosed Criminal History Bilked Investors In $20 Million Scam; James Risher Arrested Before He Could Take Flight To Bermuda
A recidivist securities felon tied to at least 24 bank accounts had an airline ticket for Bermuda last week but was arrested in Florida before he could get offshore after scamming investors in a long-running fraud scheme that had gathered $20 million, according to law-enforcement officials. Charged in a criminal complaint by the U.S. Postal…