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FLORIDA — AGAIN: Parolee, Larcenist And Recidivist Huckster Charged In New Fraud Caper; Allen E. Weintraub Made Bogus Takeover Bids For Kodak And AMR — And Caused AMR’s Trading Volume To Mushroom Sixfold, SEC Says

Is it the oddest fraud story coming out of Florida to date? A man who emailed Eastman Kodak and AMR in March with offers to purchase the famous companies for billions of dollars had declared bankruptcy in 2007, was on probation for grand theft when the offers were made and extended the offers through a…

May 5, 2011
A FLORIDA TRIFECTA: FTC Goes To Federal Court To Halt ‘Timeshare’ Telemarketing Scheme; ‘When Consumers Realized They Had Been Duped, The Defendants Routinely Dodged . . . Phone Calls,’ Agency Says

BULLETIN: Even as the SEC and CFTC were charging alleged Ponzi schemers and “precious-metal” fraudsters in Florida yesterday, the FTC was preparing to announce charges against an alleged “timeshare” telemarketing scheme operating in the Sunshine State. Charged by the FTC in the alleged timeshare scam were Albert M. Wilson, David S. Taylor, Frank M. Perry…

Mar 31, 2011
INCREDIBLE: Florida — AGAIN: CFTC Charges Ft. Lauderdale Firm, Principals In Alleged Precious-Metals Scam; ‘Defendants Never Held Or Acquired Any Metals,’ Agency Says

On the same day the SEC announced charges against two residents of South Florida in an alleged $30 million Ponzi scheme, the CFTC went to federal court and accused two other residents of the region of conducting a precious-metals scheme. Charged by the CFTC were James A. Ward of Ft. Lauderdale, and Nathaniel R. Walker…

Mar 31, 2011
INCREDIBLE: Florida — Again: SEC Files Complaint Against Purported ‘Gold’ Mining Operation In Miami Known As Quri Resources And Its CEO, Jaime Santiago Gomez

BULLETIN: The SEC has gone to federal court in Florida to accuse Quri Resources Inc. and its Chief Executive Officer Jaime Santiago Gomez of operating a pump-and-dump scheme to drive up the price of Quri’s unregistered stock. It was the second major action in Florida today against companies and individuals who allegedly were running stock-fraud…

Sep 30, 2010