Tag: Scott W. Friestad
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BULLETIN: NOTRE DAME HEARTBREAKER: Legendary Fighting Irish Football Walk-On Daniel ‘Rudy’ Ruettiger Charged With 12 Others In Alleged $11 Million ‘Pump And Dump’ Penny-Stock Swindle
BULLETIN: The SEC has charged Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger and 12 others — including a disbarred attorney — in an alleged penny-stock swindle that gathered $11 million. The civil case is filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada. Ruettiger, 63, of Las Vegas, was the inspiration behind the movie “Rudy,” which depicted his drive to make…
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FBI Arrests 14, Including 2 Lawyers, In Major Insider-Trading Probe; SEC Says Attorneys Provided Tips For Kickbacks In Latest Scandal That Rocks Wall Street
As the FBI and IRS executed search warrants at the Florida office of attorney Scott Rothstein this morning amid allegations he ran a covert Ponzi scheme that could have drained as much as $500 million from investors, prosecutors up north were concentrating on arresting lawyers in a separate case involving insider trading on Wall Street.…