Tag: SEC
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Firm Assisting In Zeek Receivership Probe Has Another High-Profile Case; New York Times Reports That Kroll Investigative Firm Discovered ‘Well-Concealed Ponzi Scheme’ At Kabul Bank And ‘114 Rubber Stamps For Fake Companies’
A company retained by the court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case received a prominent mention in the New York Times yesterday. The company, the Kroll investigative firm, uncovered a massive Ponzi fraud at Kabul Bank in Afghanistan in which hundreds of millions of dollars were siphoned from depositors to benefit a “narrow…
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STUNNING: Nearly 1 BILLION Zeek Transactions Over 18 Months, Receiver Says; ‘Sheer Quantity Of Data’ And ‘Inadequate And Incomplete’ Records Necessitate Delay In Filing Of Liquidation Plan
EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s this simple: Ponzi = Pain — and even “ordinary” Ponzi schemes often result in extraordinary paper chases. The Zeek case may be setting a new standard for the extraordinary. The receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case informed a federal judge today that “the Receivership Team is still in the process…
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UNBELIEVABLE: Now, A Scam Known As ‘Her Majesty’s Credit Union’ That Duped Investors By Falsely Claiming To Be Insured By Lloyd’s Of London And Backed By The Government, SEC Says
A scammer known by three names who’d earlier presided over an “insolvent” credit union in Georgia before being forced out of business in eight months went on to start a bogus credit union in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the SEC said. The Virgins Islands enterprise was known as “Her Majesty’s Credit Union” (HMCU) and sold…
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UPDATE: Judge Grants Zeek Receiver’s Request To Treat Preliminary Liquidation Plan As Ponzi Case’s First Status Report
Senior U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen has granted the request of the receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case to treat the preliminary liquidation plan filed Oct. 8 as the first status report in the case. Receiver Kenneth B. Bell said earlier this week in court filings that the request, if granted, would…
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SEC Issues Investor Alert: ‘Be On The Lookout For Investment Scams Related To Hurricane Sandy,’ Agency Says
Hurricane Sandy pounded New Jersey, New York and other parts of the eastern United States this week. The New York Daily News, via the Associated Press, reported today that the storm’s death toll has reached 74 in the United States. Reuters is reporting the death toll in “North America” has reached “at least 82.” The…
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BULLETIN: First Round Consisting Of 1,200 Subpoenas Will Go Out This Week To Zeek ‘Affiliates Who Profited Most,’ Receiver Says; More Subpoenas Will Follow; Winners Also Will Receive ‘Letter Offering To Negotiate Voluntary Surrender Of Profits’
UPDATED: 7:08 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case has announced that about 1,200 subpoenas will go out this week to “affiliates who profited most from ZeekRewards.” It’s “victims’ money, really,” receiver Kenneth D. Bell said in a letter posted on the receivership website. “The subpoenas ask for financial…