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MOST UN-‘WISE’: 2 Ponzi Schemers Ride Their Wordplay To Prison Sentences Totaling More Than 33 Years; Judge Declares Crime ‘Evil’

MOST UN-'WISE': 2 Ponzi Schemers Ride Their Wordplay To Prison Sentences Totaling More Than 33 Years; Judge Declares Crime 'Evil'

“Defendant Trebor Company (Robert spelled backward) is a sole proprietorship owned by [Robert C. Brown Jr.] and is the name he has used for his ‘investment group.’” — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in civil complaint against Trebor and Brown, July 23, 2008 “Evidence at trial established that much of the investor money was funneled […]

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

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, […]