New York Ponzi schemes
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BULLETIN: Feds Say New York Man Was Running $50 Million Real-Estate Ponzi Swindle; Gershon Barkany Arrested By FBI
BULLETIN: A man in the Far Rockaway section of the New York City Borough of Queens was running a $50 million real-estate Ponzi swindle that duped investors into believing they were investing in a “risk-free” flipping scheme involving large properties in New York and New Jersey, federal prosecutors said. Gershon Barkany, 29, was arrested today […]
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 […]
NEWS/UPDATES: Feds Say $900 Million Nevin Shapiro Ponzi ‘Perfect Example Of Greed Run Amok’; Colorado Charges Bela Geczy, Michael Kass With Racketeering In Fraud Case
The acts of Nevin Shapiro — a Florida man arrested in New Jersey yesterday on charges of orchestrating a $900 million Ponzi scheme — represent a “perfect example of greed run amok,” an FBI agent said. Separately, a grand jury in Colorado has charged two men under the state’s organized-crime statute with operating an $18 […]