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William J. Wise, International ‘Mastermind’ Of $129.5 Million Ponzi Fraud Involving CDs, Pleads Guilty To 18 Felonies; Top U.S. Attorney Says Federal Prosecutors ‘Around The Country’ Have Identified ‘Unprecedented Rise’ In Investment Fraud Schemes With ‘Staggering Losses’

William J. Wise, International 'Mastermind' Of $129.5 Million Ponzi Fraud Involving CDs, Pleads Guilty To 18 Felonies; Top U.S. Attorney Says Federal Prosecutors 'Around The Country' Have Identified 'Unprecedented Rise' In Investment Fraud Schemes With 'Staggering Losses'

“The fraudsters prey upon vulnerable victims, do not respect local or even state boundaries, and often loot the victims’ life savings.” — Melinda Haag, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, Sept. 13, 2012 It featured confidence-boosting names: Millennium Bank, United Trust of Switzerland and Sterling Bank and Trust. But it was a cross-border […]

RECOMMENDED READING: Prospective Class Action Against Accused Ponzi Schemer Ephren W. Taylor II Names Alleged Facilitators And Raises Specter Of Crime Spigot Involving ‘Self-Directed’ IRAs

RECOMMENDED READING: Prospective Class Action Against Accused Ponzi Schemer Ephren W. Taylor II Names Alleged Facilitators And Raises Specter Of Crime Spigot Involving 'Self-Directed' IRAs

EDITOR’S NOTE: As America’s fraud plague continues, some of the scammers are polluting the free market with incongruous and even bizarre schemes  — even as they purport to represent the best that freedom offers. The PP Blog highly recommends that readers check out this September 2011 document from the SEC that warns about scammers targeting […]

BULLETIN: American, Canadian Indicted In Alleged Ponzi Scheme Involving More Than $129 Million; Jacquline Hoegel, William Wise Charged In San Francisco

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 […]