Category: Ponzi Scheme

SALT LAKE CITY (KSL.com) — The man behind one of Utah’s largest-ever Ponzi schemes, which netted over $200 million from victims, now knows his sentence.…

View More Utahn behind $200M Ponzi scheme sentenced to 19 years in prison

Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, March 10: Dems fail to block military ballot deadline change Kent, UA students rally against ‘divisive concepts’ bill…

View More Morning Headlines: Dems fail to block military ballot deadline change; Kent, UA students rally against ‘divisive concepts’ bill

CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump issued a separate statement just to clarify that the CFTC regulates cash or “spot” transactions in Bitcoin or other digital assets.…

View More CFTC charges three for $44m Bitcoin Ponzi scheme

How many times have we found ourselves wound up with the wrong person or accepting financial advice from someone unknown to us? How many times…

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Stock photo.| Photo by SIphotography/iStock/Getty Images Plus, St. George News LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal authorities allege that a Las Vegas attorney who was shot…

View More FBI says Vegas attorney bilked Utahns, others in Ponzi scheme – St George News

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas attorney Matthew Beasley is under investigation for his role in a Ponzi scheme that operated in Nevada, Utah, and California…

View More Ponzi scheme linked to Las Vegas lawyer, DOJ confirms

IN THIS ISSUE Eleventh Circuit Overturns Dismissal of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Class Action Suit; Federal Court of Appeals Dismisses Leading Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…

View More Eleventh Circuit Overturns Dismissal of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Class Action Suit | Goodwin

Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts today against Defendant Raymond A. Erker, 50, of Avon, Ohio, following…

View More Former Westlake Investment Advisor Convicted of Stealing More Than $9.3 Million from Clients in Ponzi Scheme | USAO-NDOH

Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE When rap mogul Akon announced his grandiose plans to build a hi-tech-functioning city in the West African country of…

View More Akon’s Futuristic African City Labeled A “Ponzi Scheme” By Ex-Biz Partner

A formerly barred investment advisor and donor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign defrauded investors out of more than $6.8 million, according to charges filed this week by the…

View More DOJ Accuses Barred Advisor of Running $6.8 Million Ponzi Scheme