Tag: Rex Venture Group LLC
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BULLETIN: Zeek Mystery Deepens: Receiver Says He Discovered ‘Foreign’ Account That Has NOT Been Seized; Meanwhile, $5 Million In Cashier’s Checks From Single U.S. Bank Found At Zeek Headquarters; Firm’s Records Described As ‘Inadequate Or Incomplete’; Secret Service Has Recovered Lion’s Share Of $293 Million Found So Far
BULLETIN: (5TH UPDATE 6:13 P.M. EDT) The court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case says he discovered that Zeek has “at least one foreign account” that has not been seized. It was “not clear” whether the funds would be recoverable despite the fact the bank that holds the account has been served with…
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ZEEK UPDATE: Thousands Of Records Filed Under Seal
UPDATED 4:20 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Attorneys for accused Ponzi schemer Paul R. Burks of the Zeek Rewards MLM “program” operated through North Carolina-based Rex Venture Group LLC have filed thousands of records under seal. On Sept. 17, Burks’ attorneys sought the approval of Senior U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen to file the documents under…
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William J. Wise, International ‘Mastermind’ Of $129.5 Million Ponzi Fraud Involving CDs, Pleads Guilty To 18 Felonies; Top U.S. Attorney Says Federal Prosecutors ‘Around The Country’ Have Identified ‘Unprecedented Rise’ In Investment Fraud Schemes With ‘Staggering Losses’
“The fraudsters prey upon vulnerable victims, do not respect local or even state boundaries, and often loot the victims’ life savings.” — Melinda Haag, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, Sept. 13, 2012 It featured confidence-boosting names: Millennium Bank, United Trust of Switzerland and Sterling Bank and Trust. But it was a cross-border…
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DEVELOPING STORY: Zeek Receiver Says He Has Secured Nearly $300 Million; ‘There May Be Tens Of Millions Of Dollars More Of Recoverable Assets’; Clawbacks May Be In The Offing As Receiver Raises Specter Of Claimants Circulating ‘False Information’
Kenneth D. Bell, the court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case, said in a statement today that he had recovered nearly $300 million and that “[t]here may be tens of millions of dollars more of recoverable assets.” On Aug. 17, the SEC described Zeek as a $600 million Ponzi- and pyramid scheme that…