Tag: FBI
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ILLINOIS MAN INDICTED: Edward L. Moskop Accused In Alleged Multmillion-Dollar Ripoff Of Elderly Couple, Friends, Relatives — And The Local VFW Post
In a criminal case that flowed from an SEC civil action, an Illinois man has been indicted on mail-fraud and money-laundering charges in a case that alleges he stole from elderly clients and the local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. Edward L. Moskop, 63, of Belleville, originally was charged in November 2010 by the SEC,…
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BULLETIN: Feds Say Scott Rothstein IT Associates Created Fake Banking Website; Meanwhile, Attorney Authored Bogus Letter And Another Associate ‘Posed’ As Banker And Plaintiff In Nonexistent Cases
BULLETIN: Four associates of jailed Ponzi schemer and disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein have been charged criminally by federal prosecutors in Florida with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The new defendants include an attorney at Rothstein’s defunct Fort Lauderdale law firm, two IT employees of the firm and a Rothstein associate in the nightclub business. The…
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UPDATE: Michael S. Goldberg, Ponzi Schemer Who Falsely Traded On Name Of JPMorgan Chase To Dupe Investors, Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison; Caper Included Domain-Name Fraud To Give Investors False Sense Of Security
Michael S. Goldberg, the Connecticut man who lured investors into bogus deals in part by creating websites that traded on the name of JPMorgan Chase Bank and other companies, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Goldberg, 40, stole more than $30 million from investors over a period of 12 years in a…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Raj Rajaratnam Guilty In Insider-Trading Case; Sentence Potentially Could Exceed Madoff’s 150 Years
BULLETIN: Raj Rajaratnam has been found guilty of all 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud filed against him in the Galleon Group insider-trading case. The verdict came on the 12th day of jury deliberations. It deals a devastating blow to Rajaratnam, but is a major win for prosecutors. The case was brought by the…
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‘SURF/HYIP HELPERS BEWARE: Woman Who Helped Tennessee Ponzi Schemer Cover Up Fraud Sentenced To 6 Years In Federal Prison; Donna Jones’ Role In $12.3 Million Caper Outlined By Jailed Boss In Court After Investigators ‘Follow The Paper Trail’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Although Donna Jones did not run an autosurf or online HYIP fraud, the case against her is instructive. Indeed, prosecutors said, Jones was an insider who was aware of the Ponzi scheme being conducted by her boss, Michael J. Park. And Jones took an active role in the scheme, encouraging customers to invest,…
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UPDATE: FBI Moves Osama Bin Laden From ‘Most Wanted’ To ‘Deceased’; Terrorist Also Linked To Pre-9/11 Attacks, Agency Reminds Public
The FBI, which had listed Osama bin Laden as “Most Wanted,” now is listing him as “Deceased.” Before and after: “The mastermind of the attacks on September 11, 2001 that killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children has been killed,” the FBI said today. President Obama addressed the American people late last night to…
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BULLETIN: U.S. Man Extradited From Argentina Sentenced To 40 Years In Jail; William L. Walters Will Serve His Time In Colorado State Penitentiary
BULLETIN: A Ponzi schemer who fled the United States and was extradited from Argentina has been sentenced to 40 years in state prison, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced. William L. Walters, 46, was brought back to the United States by the FBI, which worked closely with Colorado authorities to bring him to justice, officials…
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BULLETIN: Suspect Captured In Colorado Pipe-Bomb Case; Earl Albert Moore Nabbed By Boulder Police Department; Records Show He Was Released From Federal Prison Less Than Two Weeks Ago
BULLETIN: A man who spent time in federal prison for bank robbery and is believed to have left a pipe bomb and two propane tanks at a Colorado shopping mall last week has been captured by the Boulder Police Department at a grocery store, the FBI said. Earl Albert Moore, 65, had become the subject…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Prosecutors, FBI, U.S. Marshals Move Against ‘Coreflood’ Botnet; Seize 29 Domains, Execute Search And Seizure Warrants Amid Allegations Of Theft, Wire Fraud; Defense Contractor Allegedly Targeted By International Criminal Network
BULLETIN: A federal judge in Connecticut has authorized the seizure of 29 domain names tied to the alleged “Coreflood” botnet and malware network and ordered registrars and DNS providers to neutralize what prosecutors have described as a threat to U.S. national and economic security. The judge ordered the network architecture to be nulled after reviewing…