Tag: SEC
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BULLETIN: Feds Charge Former Parole Officer, Saying She Facilitated Texas Swindler In ‘Massive Scheme To Defraud Investors’
BULLETIN: A former Texas Department of Criminal Justice parole officer has been accused of honest services wire fraud and federal programs bribery, amid allegations she developed an “improper relationship” with one of her “assigned parolees” and enabled him to pull off a massive oil-and-gas swindle. Nichelle Derricks, 37, of Cedar Hill, Texas, “secretly used her…
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‘.44 Magnum’ Investment Scheme Was Year-Long Fraud That Fetched $5.77 Million, SEC Says; Defendant Blames It On ‘One-Eyed Man’; ‘Call Girls’ Purportedly Received 848K; 3 Charged In Alleged Swindle That May Set New Standard For The Bizarre
EDITOR’S NOTE: Would such a tale as summarized in the headline above and story below even sell as fiction in the bookstores and movie houses? Whether your answer is yes or no, the practical reality is that it apparently has become possible in America to gather millions of dollars from at least 70 domestic and…
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Now, A ‘Turkish Bonds’ Ponzi Scheme Aimed At Retirees, Feds Say; 2 Men Charged In Illinois — And 1 Man Is ‘Fugitive’
EDITOR’S NOTE: This may be one for your “Bubba Blue” notebook on how to have your Ponzi scheme. A principal of USA Retirement Management Services and a pitchman have been charged in an alleged $28 million fraud scheme involving nonexistent “Turkish bonds” and targeted at senior citizens and “individuals with substantial savings,” federal prosecutors in…
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2 California Members Tell Court Zeek Rewards Left Them ‘On The Verge Of Financial Devastation’
For Californians Walsh J. Young Jr. and May Causing, the Zeek Rewards MLM scheme left them “on the verge of financial devastation,” according to a new filing in the Zeek Ponzi scheme case. The self-written, self-submitted filing by Young and Causing appeared yesterday on the docket of Senior U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen of…
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BULLETIN: Zeek Mystery Deepens: Receiver Says He Discovered ‘Foreign’ Account That Has NOT Been Seized; Meanwhile, $5 Million In Cashier’s Checks From Single U.S. Bank Found At Zeek Headquarters; Firm’s Records Described As ‘Inadequate Or Incomplete’; Secret Service Has Recovered Lion’s Share Of $293 Million Found So Far
BULLETIN: (5TH UPDATE 6:13 P.M. EDT) The court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case says he discovered that Zeek has “at least one foreign account” that has not been seized. It was “not clear” whether the funds would be recoverable despite the fact the bank that holds the account has been served with…
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BULLETIN: Disbarred Attorney And Alleged Serial Fraud Pitchman Charged With Fleecing ‘Elderly Women’; James S. Quay Has Used At Least 3 Aliases And Some Of The Money Was Spent On ‘Membership At A Massage Spa,’ SEC Charges
An Atlanta man has been charged by the SEC in an alleged scheme in which two elderly women were defrauded through an entity with the confidence-inspiring name of “Trinity Charitable Solutions.” The man’s name is James S. Quay — and the SEC described him as an unlicensed financial adviser, a serial pitchman for fraud schemes…
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Feds Arrest Alleged North Carolina Securities Scammer After SEC Sues Him; More Than $2 Million Allegedly Linked To WWebnet Lost After Being Transferred To Cayman Islands, Prosecutors Say; Robert Kelly Lied To Investors And Software-Development Team, FBI Says
“The audacity of this defendant’s alleged scheme was matched by its simplicity. He solicited and obtained millions of dollars from investors and simply pocketed the money for personal use. He told investors they were funding software development, then told his development team he hadn’t found investors.” — FBI Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge Mary Galligan, Oct. 3,…
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BULLETIN: Sunshine State Serves Up Another Bizarre One: Florida Securities Swindler Changed His Name — And Began Scamming Anew, SEC Says
BULLETIN: (UPDATED 1:31 P.M. JULY 25, 2013, TO CORRECT NAME.) The SEC has gone to federal court in the Southern District of Florida, alleging that a Boca Raton swindler formerly known as Joseph Yurkin changed his name to Joseph Hilton and began scamming anew. “By changing his name, Hilton thought he could evade further SEC…