U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

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Kautilya Nandan Pruthi Charged Criminally In $173 Million Ponzi Case After Probe By London Police

Kautilya Nandan Pruthi Charged Criminally In $173 Million Ponzi Case After Probe By London Police

Last month, a  court in the United Kingdom ordered Kautilya Nandan Pruthi to pay more than $135 million to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for his role in an alleged Ponzi scheme that gathered the U.S. equivalent of $173 million. The FSA is the British equivalent of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Two others […]

BULLETIN: High Court Orders 3 Accused HYIP Swindlers To Pay $173 Million To U.K.’s Financial Services Authority; Case May Be Largest Ponzi Scheme In British History

BULLETIN: High Court Orders 3 Accused HYIP Swindlers To Pay $173 Million To U.K.'s Financial Services Authority; Case May Be Largest Ponzi Scheme In British History

A court in the United Kingdom has ordered three individuals accused of operating a colossal Ponzi scheme to pay £115m — roughly the U.S. equivalent of $173 million. The alleged Business Consulting International fraud is believed to be the largest Ponzi swindle in British history. As a criminal investigation proceeds, John Anderson, Kenneth Peacock and […]

BULLETIN: Alberta Securities Commission Orders $2 Million Penalty Against ‘Lord’ David Greene And John Jenkins In Gold Quest International Ponzi Case

BULLETIN: Alberta Securities Commission Orders $2 Million Penalty Against 'Lord' David Greene And John Jenkins In Gold Quest International Ponzi Case

After determining in January that Gold Quest International (GQI) was a “sham” operating as both a Ponzi and a pyramid scheme, the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) now has doled out the penalties. David Michael Greene, also known as “Lord” David Greene, and John Jenkins were ordered to pay an “administrative penalty” of $2 million, ASC […]