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PONZI UNIVERSE: Just How Weird Will It Get? Spammer With Possible ASD Ties Tries To Post News Release In 10 Separate PP Threads; Elsewhere, A ‘Comic Book’ Ponzi Scheme

On a day a federal judge ordered alleged Minnesota Ponzi schemer Trevor Cook jailed — in part for not turning over a two-passenger submarine allegedly purchased on eBay with Ponzi proceeds — the following things happened: A would-be PP Blog poster attempted to post the same news release about AdSurfDaily mainstay “Professor” Patrick Moriarty in…

Jan 25, 2010
Records Suggest Cook/Kiley Firms Owned At Least 12 Large-Screen TVs And Beer-Dispensing Equipment

In a case that already has featured assertions that alleged Minnesota Ponzi schemer Trevor Cook purchased a submarine on eBay to access his private island in Canada, the receiver in the case has filed papers that suggest Cook also had an affinity for large-screen TV sets. Receiver R.J. Zayed listed 10 TV sets with 50-inch…

Jan 14, 2010
Iranian-Americans Targeted In Beverly Hills Investment- And Affinty-Fraud Scheme, SEC Says; Debentures Program Allegedly Pitched On Persian-Language Radio Show

UPDATED 7:03 P.M. ET (U.S.A. JAN. 12) A Beverly Hills radio host pitched his fraud scheme in Persian and targeted Iranian-Americans in Greater Los Angeles, the SEC said today. Client funds were used to build a mansion for John Farahi, 52, and and his wife, Gissou Rastegar Farahi, 50, the agency said. Client funds also…

Jan 11, 2010
SEC Seeks Contempt Order Against Trevor Cook; Minnesota Man Said To Have Bought Two-Person ‘Submarine’ With Ponzi Proceeds

Trevor Cook, the Minnesota man implicated with Christian radio host Pat Kiley in a Ponzi and currency-trading scheme that collected at least $190 million, already has taken the 5th Amendment in a civil case brought by the SEC. The SEC now is seeking a contempt ruling against Cook, amid allegations he violated the asset freeze…

Dec 21, 2009