UPDATE: Criminal Prosecutors Say Jason Bo-Alan Beckman Stole Nearly $4 Million From Elderly Husband And Wife; Wife A Stroke Victim With ‘Hemispheric Paralysis,’ According To Court Records; Beckman’s Manipulations Amount To ‘Contumacious Disobedience,’ SEC Says
UPDATE: Facing a margin deficit of more than $10 million and at risk of having his trading account closed in February 2008, Jason Bo-Alan Beckman — a figure in the Trevor Cook Ponzi scheme — sought to address the whopping shortfall and prop up the monumental fraud by stealing about $3.9 million from an elderly […]
CNN Covers Trevor Cook Ponzi: Strippers, Hookers, ‘Ladies Of The Evening’ And ‘Booze Runs’; ‘We Never Have Any Risk,’ Acknowledged Schemer Says
He wore a suit by day, persuading prospects he was buying commodities at a lower price and selling them at a higher price so quickly that there was no exposure to loss. Many of Trevor Cook’s investors identify themselves as Christians. His $190 million Ponzi scheme was centered in Minneapolis/St. Paul, a U.S. heartland region […]
BULLETIN: Trevor Cook To Be Given Lie-Detector Test; Sentencing In $190 Million Ponzi Case May Be Delayed
BULLETIN: The FBI will administer a lie-detector test to Ponzi schemer Trevor Cook. Meanwhile, his July 26 sentencing date may be delayed, a source told the PP Blog. The date upon which the test will be administered was not immediately clear. The source, however, suggested that Cook could be subjected to the polygraph as early […]