Tag: U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag
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Ripple Labs’ Settlement Agreement With Feds References Alleged Transaction With Roger Ver, American Expat Known As ‘Bitcoin Jesus’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Will MLM/network-marketing hucksters pushing UFunClub/UToken find any value in the story below? Ripple Labs Inc., based in San Francisco, “developed and sold virtual currency known as ‘XRP,’” but didn’t follow the law and “failed to establish and maintain an appropriate anti-money laundering program,” the U.S. Department of Justice said. If Ripple’s name sounds familiar,…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: eAdGear Figures Indicted In California On Conspiracy Charge Of Structuring Transactions To Evade Bank-Reporting Requirements
4TH UPDATE 3:44 P.M. ET U.S.A. Before the SEC announced its civil pyramid- and Ponzi-scheme case on Sept. 26 against eAdGear figures Charles Wang and Francis Yuen, the pair had been indicted on a criminal charge in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the PP Blog has learned. Docket records show the…
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BULLETIN: American, Canadian Indicted In Alleged Ponzi Scheme Involving More Than $129 Million; Jacquline Hoegel, William Wise Charged In San Francisco
BULLETIN: Jacquline Hoegel, an American living in American Canyon, Calif., has been charged criminally in an alleged Ponzi scheme that gathered $129.5 million, the office of U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California said. Also indicted was William Wise, a citizen of Canada. Wise, 62, formerly resided in Raleigh, N.C. A warrant…
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Ex-Attorney, 72, Indicted In Alleged Ponzi Scheme; Robert G. Tunnell Jr. Charged With 13 Counts Of Wire Fraud, 7 Counts Of Mail Fraud, 1 Count Of Money-Laundering
A former San Francisco attorney who resigned from the bar a decade ago while under investigation for stealing $300,000 from his law firm now has been indicted on charges of running a five-year Ponzi scheme that gathered about $10 million. Robert G. Tunnell Jr., 72, had been a member of the California Bar for 30…