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BULLETIN: Another Decade-Long Ponzi Scheme — This One In Missouri, CFTC Says; Grahame Rhodes Of St. Louis Accused Of Misappropriating ‘The Entire Amount Of The Participants’ Funds He Received’ And Ripping Off His Mother-In-Law

BULLETIN: (UPDATED 5:35 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The CFTC has gone to federal court in the Eastern District of Missouri, alleging that Grahame Rhodes of St. Louis was at the helm of a decade-long, commodity-pool Ponzi scheme aimed at family and friends. Rhodes is charged with misappropriating the entire pool while “pretending to be a successful,…

Sep 19, 2012
BULLETIN: Church Bishop/Attorney Martin T. Sigillito Found Guilty In $52 Million Ponzi Scheme; ‘One Of The Largest Fraud Schemes In Missouri History’

BULLETIN: Martin T. Sigillito, the ordained priest, American Anglican Bishop and attorney, has been found guilty of all 20 counts brought against him in a $52 million Ponzi and fraud caper. A federal jury in St. Louis that deliberated for about six hours found Sigillito guilty of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and money-laundering, the…

Apr 13, 2012
BULLETIN(S): (1) Missouri Con Man, 72, Charged In Alleged $3.18 Million Ponzi Caper While Jailed In Previous Fraud Scheme; (2) New York Woman Was Running Multiple Ponzi And Fraud Schemes That Gathered More Than $9 Million, Feds Say

BULLETIN: A 72-year-old Missouri con man already jailed in a fraud case involving taxes and Pell Grants has been charged with orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that allegedly followed on the heels of his original scam. Ronald W. Shepard pulled off a Ponzi scheme involving more than $3 million, the office of U.S. Attorney Beth Phillips…

Feb 1, 2012