Tag: SEC New York Regional Office
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EDITORIAL: Case Against Alleged New York Scammer With Eye-Pleasing Website Could Help Educate ‘Achieve Community’ Members And Newcomers Who Encounter The Ponzi Boards — If They Choose To See
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one to think about if you’re an “Achieve Community” fan who’s moved over to the “Rockfeller” Ponzi-board scam while asserting its professional-looking website puts you at ease — even though you don’t know who’s running the purported company and apparently have formed the irrational belief that engaging a “chat” attendant through…
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FLORIDA — AGAIN (BOCA RATON VIA NEW YORK): John A. Mattera, Purported Philanthropist, Arrested By Feds And Sued By SEC Amid Allegations He Set Up Scam Using Names Of Groupon And Facebook; Suspect Also Traded On Name Of Red Cross; Investigators Call Him A Recidivist Felon
EDITOR’S NOTE: So, you recognize the power of the names of Groupon and Facebook and want to trade on their magnetism to drive traffic to your purported “opportunity” — and you want to further sanitize your scheme by describing yourself as a philanthropist and trading on the name of a charity such as the American…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Feds Make 3 Arrests In New York In Alleged ‘Green’ Ponzi Caper; SEC Files Emergency Parallel Action To Halt Alleged $26 Million Swindle Over Which Convicted Felon Presided With Alleged Help From Attorney
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: A bizarre case featuring spectacular allegations of Ponzi fraud coupled with verbal strong-arming of victims is unfolding in New York. Three people have been arrested by federal agents, and the SEC has filed an emergency action in federal court to halt what it described as a “green-product themed Ponzi scheme”…
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BULLETIN: FLORIDA — AGAIN (VIA NEW YORK): SEC Says Men Gathered $8 Million Through Lure Of Nonexistent IPO And ‘Contracts’ With Famous Companies; Angelo Cuomo And Recidivist George Garcy Of E-Z Media Inc. Charged With Securities Fraud
BULLETIN: A recidivist securities offender in Florida and his business partner in New York have been charged by the SEC with fraud in a case that alleges they pumped an IPO that never happened. Charged in the civil case were George Garcy, 54, of Aventura, Fla., and Angelo Cuomo, 62, of Staten Island, N.Y. Garcy…