Tag: Michigan Ponzi schemes
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Full Statement Of SEC On Criminal Conviction, Prison Sentence, Restitution Order And Civil Liability Of Legisi HYIP Ponzi Operator Gregory N. McKnight
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the PP Blog reported on Aug. 6, Legisi HYIP Ponzi-scheme operator Gregory N. McKnight was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison. McKnight is 53. He was ordered taken into custody immediately after sentencing last week and is listed as “in transit” to an unspecified detention facility. Legisi was promoted in part…
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BULLETIN: 2 Michigan Men Arrested In Alleged Ponzi Scheme Targeting Senior Citizens; Jeffrey Ripley, Danny Lee VanLiere Charged With Racketeering, Jailed; 96 Felony Counts Filed Against Men And Their Company
BULLETIN: A joint investigation by offices of Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and Commissioner Kevin Clinton of the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation has led to criminal charges of racketeering against two men accused of targeting the elderly in a $9 million Ponzi scheme. Charged in the alleged caper were Jeffrey Ripley, 59, of…
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UPDATE: Jeffery Groendyke, Figure In CFTC Ponzi Case Filed Civilly In May, Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charge Of Wire Fraud After FBI Probe
UPDATE: Jeffery (also cited as “Jeffrey”) L. Groendyke, the Michigan man ordered by a federal judge earlier this month to pay nearly $1.4 million in restitution and penalties in a Forex Ponzi case brought civilly by the CFTC, now has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of wire fraud, federal prosecutors in the Western District…
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UPDATE: Jeffery L. Groendyke, Michigan Man Accused In Forex Ponzi Scheme, Ordered To Pay Nearly $1.4 Million In Restitution And Penalties
Jeffery L. Groendyke, the Michigan man accused by the CFTC in May of targeting people of faith and others in a Forex Ponzi scheme, has been ordered to pay $963,141 in restitution and a $420,000 civil penalty. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker issued the order against Groendyke by consent, finding that he fraudulently solicited…
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CFTC: Michigan Man Sucked Church Members Into Forex Ponzi Scheme; Jeffery L. Groendyke Sued For Fraud
A Michigan man has been sued for fraud and misappropriation in yet-another alleged Forex Ponzi scheme, the CFTC said. Jeffery L. Groendyke of the Grand Rapids-area community of Middleville, Mich., gathered at least $953,305 since May 2010 and ripped off at least 54 customers through his at-home business known as JG Forex Fund (JGF), the…
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Edward May, 74, Pleads Guilty In Michigan Ponzi Caper That Gathered $200 Million; Feds Say He Used 150 LLCs As Part Of Spectacular, Decade-Long Fraud
The senior-citizen Ponzi cavalcade and incredible paperwork maze continues: Edward May, 74, has pleaded guilty in Detroit to 59 counts of mail fraud in a case in which federal prosecutors alleged he rented office space in Lake Orion, Mich., and established 150 LLCs as part of a $200 million Ponzi scheme that operated for a…