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INVESTOR ALERT: Statement From Alabama Securities Commission On High-Yield ‘Opportunities,’ Bitcoin, Iraqi Dinars — And More
EDITOR’S NOTE: This statement from the Alabama Securities Commission is dated March 12, 2014. The PP Blog has applied in-house formatting elements to the statement. Other than that, the statement is verbatim. INVESTOR ALERT – Understanding high-risk investments What you don’t know CAN hurt you! MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA (March 12, 2014) As our state’s and the […]
Joe Borg Of Alabama Securities Commission Tells WSFA That Profitable Sunrise Worked Because People ‘Kind Of Glossed Over The Mathematics’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Alabama was one of the first U.S. states to take action against the Profitable Sunrise HYIP “program,” issuing both an Investor Alert and a cease-and-desist order last month. The C&D lists two alleged “agents” of Profitable Sunrise, demonstrating that a “program” can create problems for pitchmen, perhaps even as the “program” operators make […]
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Alabama Issues Warning On ‘Profitable Sunrise’
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: The state of Alabama has issued a warning on Profitable Sunrise. The move follows on the heels of a cease-and-desist order issued last week by North Carolina. The warning comes in the form of an “investor alert” issued by the office of Joseph Borg, the director of the Alabama Securities […]
RECOMMENDED READING/VIEWING: Washington Post/Bloomberg Report On ‘The Ponzi Schemer Next Door’; FINRA/AARP Share Tale Of Purported ‘Bank President’ Who Lured Victims While ‘Craving Cocaine’ At Pay Phones From Which He Set Up Marks
The Washington Post and Bloomberg published Bob Carden’s story about how smart people get sucked into investment scams. The story is titled, “Investment fraud isn’t relegated to Wall Street: Beware the Ponzi schemer next door.” Carden produced the video “Tricks of the Trade: Outsmarting Investment Fraud.” Editor John Warnock assembled the package, which shows some […]