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CURRENT NUMBER: [35]: Tally (Unofficial) Of States And Provinces Filing Actions Or Issuing Investor Alerts Against Profitable Sunrise

UPDATED 8:52 A.M. EDT (APRIL 16, U.S.A.) See related stories here (April 1) and here (March 25). EDITOR’S NOTE: These numbers are unofficial. They are culled from media reports and/or news releases from enforcement agencies. As the PP Blog reported yesterday, the Profitable Sunrise website appears to be down. The reason why is unclear, although […]

BULLETIN: Kentucky Issues Emergency Cease-And-Desist Order To Profitable Sunrise; Order Identifies Possible Pitchwoman Issuing News Releases That Include Link To ‘HYIP Investment Calculator’; [UPDATE: Ohio, Other States Issue Warnings]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Ohio now has issued a warning on Profitable Sunrise, saying 15 other states also have issued warnings. Information from Ohio and other states has been added to the Comments thread below . . . BULLETIN: (UPDATED 2:01 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The state of Kentucky has issued an emergency cease-and-desist order to the Profitable […]

New Zealand Calls Profitable Sunrise ‘Illegal,’ Issues Warning, Cites YouTube Promos — And Suggests U.S.-Based Recruitment Arm May Be Part Of Scam

The Financial Markets Authority of New Zealand (FMA) has joined regulators in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom in issuing a warning on the Profitable Sunrise HYIP “program.” New Zealand’s warning also extends to NJF Global Group, which appears to be a Profitable Sunrise recruitment organization operating from the United States. (More below.) […]

BULLETIN: Alberta Securities Commission Issues Warning On ‘Profitable Sunrise’ After First Calgary Financial Observes ‘Trend’ Of ‘Suspicious’ Overseas Transactions

BULLETIN: The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) has issued a warning on the Profitable Sunrise “program.” The Canadian agency’s move followed on the heels of reports from First Calgary Financial that “several of its Calgary customers have attempted to withdraw significant amounts of funds from their accounts for wire transfers to the Czech Republic,” ASC said. […]

BULLETIN: Britain’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) Puts ‘Profitable Sunrise’ On Warning List Of ‘Unauthorised Firms And Individuals’

BULLETIN: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) of the United Kingdom has placed the Profitable Sunrise “program” on a warning list of “unauthorised firms and individuals.” Profitable Sunrise also is under scrutiny by American regulators in North Carolina and Alabama. The HYIP “program” purportedly is operated by Roman Novak. Separately, the New Zealand Herald is reporting […]

Kautilya Nandan Pruthi Charged Criminally In $173 Million Ponzi Case After Probe By London Police

Last month, aÂ court in the United Kingdom ordered Kautilya Nandan Pruthi to pay more than $135 million to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for his role in an alleged Ponzi scheme that gathered the U.S. equivalent of $173 million. The FSA is the British equivalent of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Two others […]

BULLETIN: High Court Orders 3 Accused HYIP Swindlers To Pay $173 Million To U.K.’s Financial Services Authority; Case May Be Largest Ponzi Scheme In British History

A court in the United Kingdom has ordered three individuals accused of operating a colossal Ponzi scheme to pay Â£115m — roughly the U.S. equivalent of $173 million. The alleged Business Consulting International fraud is believed to be the largest Ponzi swindle in British history. As a criminal investigation proceeds, John Anderson, Kenneth Peacock and […]