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Robert Miracle, One Of First Criminal Ponzi Defendants In Post-Madoff Era, Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison For Oil-And-Gas Scheme; Co-Defendants International Fugitives Wanted By INTERPOL

Ponzi schemer Robert Miracle, who scammed investors in a $65.3 million oil-and-gas fraud operating in the Seattle area, knows he’ll bed down tonight in custody at the SeaTac Federal Detention Center in Washington state. His co-defendants, though, are less certain of their sleeping spots — and still have to worry about knocks at doors in…

May 26, 2011
4 Ponzi Probes Spotlighted In Seattle; Cases Involve ‘Phony Business Plans’ With Sports Tickets, Point-Of-Sale Machines, Oil Fields, Aircraft Parts

EDITOR’S NOTE: If you’re keeping a “Bubba Blue” notebook on the various ways to serve up a Ponzi scheme — as opposed to shrimp — these Ponzi investigations in Washington state might deserve an entry. The story below encapsulates four major cases. It also includes a link to the charging document in the Rhonda Breard…

Apr 21, 2010
Yet Another Senior Citizen Charged In Ponzi Scheme

Is it mere coincidence? Or is “Ponzi scheme operator” so lucrative that people made it a secret career choice years ago and are being outed because of the shrinking economy? Another senior citizen has been charged in a Ponzi scheme, and this time it’s a woman. Judith Zabalaoui, 71, is accused of an elaborate scheme…

Feb 8, 2009